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	Gravity 4.75 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	heat (Nightingale & Sparrow, issue no. III) by Juliette Sebock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anushka Bidani (Contributor), Frances Boyle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Crimes Against the Uterus: Poems of Resistance by Jean-Marie Bub (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kayt Christensen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samantha Rose Johnson (Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reclaim: An Anthology of Women's Poetry by Elizabeth Ruth Deyro (Editor), Ann Kiernan (Illustrator), Wanda Deglane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Dead Dog Poems: Winner of the 2020 New Women's Voices Prize in Poetry 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Someone I Used to Know

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I wrote this one about navigating the care and decline of my Kyla PoopiePants. She was so very loved, and is very missed.
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I lost my stepfather suddenly in 2023. One of the things I got after he passed was his guitar. This collection touched on so many things that I knew and felt.
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I met Lisa at Poetry in the Park during the GR Lit Fest. She was one of the featured poets, and read “Genesis” and “Summer Morning” and I KNEW I wanted a signed copy. I read this collection in one sitting when I got home. Brilliant, and devastating. I ...more
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“So that when the words come out they flatline rather than hiccup.”
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“Becasue I would like to live in a world where I can waste time hating my sister and not be afraid that someone will kill her.”
― Lynne Schmidt, On Becoming a Role Model

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“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

tags: death, loss, sisters

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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

tags: disappointment, loneliness, loner, solitude

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“You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?”
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes

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“I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

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“Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.”
― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby

tags: love

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