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Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

by Elin Hilderbrand (Goodreads Author)

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Aug 18, 2026 03:07PM

“On a table beside a white wicker crib against the far wall rested framed photograph of Dewey O'Keefe, placed there by a woman who trusted the miracle that the heart of his heart beat in the child of hos child.”
― Billie Letts, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon

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“Grief is like the sound of the exhaust fan over the stove—a constant hum that recedes a little to the background over time”
― Catherine Newman, Wreck

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“If you're not careful, you'll end up mistaking difference for loss--which is how you lose everything.”
― Catherine Newman, Wreck

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“But every individual question was really a version of the same existential one: People are different from me. How do I survive it?”
― Catherine Newman, Wreck

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“Don't cry or I'll cry," my dad says. He has not historically been a crier, but he is one now, because that's how life is. You don't yet know who you'll become.”
― Catherine Newman, Wreck

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