Melissa

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Melissa

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It's Not Her

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by Mary Kubica (Goodreads Author)

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Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Here’s an idea: All emotions start out as love. Later, that love is worked on by the forces of luck and suffering. Hate is just soured love. Fear is wounded love. Longing is homeless love. Love, not pain, is the mother. Love is the taproot. ...more

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