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Katherine

by Anya Seton

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Sisters in Yellow

by Mieko Kawakami

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Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

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I wonder how I can die for Ireland if I have to sing and dance for Ireland, too.

“I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life's too short. If you ever find a man you love, don't waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, 'I love you. How about getting married?”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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“The right book put in the right hands at the right time could change the course of a life or many lives.”
― Evan Friss, The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

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“(During his trial he claimed that his pet cat had become possessed by the devil and incited him to his crimes. The cat was also hanged.)”
― Dan Jones, The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

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