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Meera Shah

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Average rating: 4.43 · 5,724 ratings · 909 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion 4.43 avg rating — 5,713 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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
	Voices of the Poor by Robert Chambers (Editor), Deepa Narayan, Meera Shah (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2000	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
	And Then Came Katrina 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)

by Elena Ferrante

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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

by Austin Kleon (Goodreads Author)

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The Leaving Season: A Memoir

by Kelly McMasters (Goodreads Author)

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“Denying someone an abortion to make a statement about morality is ignoring the root cause of the issue.”
― Meera Shah, You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

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“As physicians, we swear by something called the Hippocratic Oath, which says to “First do no harm.” As a physician myself, I can’t imagine placing my own personal beliefs above caring for another human being.”
― Meera Shah, You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

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“The reality is that people of all faiths have abortions and many people who identify with Judaism, Islam, and Christianity consider abortion a moral decision.”
― Meera Shah, You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

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Meera’s Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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