The Lido
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It happened around puberty when the girls’ bodies felt to them like uncomfortable clothes they’d love to wriggle out of. She remembers the transformation: the giggling rabble became a subdued group by the water’s edge, arms wrapped around
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I think this perfectly sums up the difficult transition from childhood through puberty. “The shame of their perfect, hideous bodies. I think the author reminds us our bodies are amazing at all stages of our life, we should never feel ashamed.
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