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Diego's Story: Thrown Away Children series

by Louise Allen

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Julie’s Quotes

“I felt ridiculously self-conscious, like the stick of celery at a luxurious buffet.”
― Fran Macilvey, Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy

tags: medical-conditions, memoir

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“The last time I’d spoken French I was twelve years old; before I reached my thirteenth birthday the teacher had correctly steered me into woodwork classes.”
― Craig Briggs, Endless Possibilities: Sunny skies and mountains high

tags: memoir, spain, travel

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“Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined.”
― Howard Shulman, Running from the Mirror

tags: inspirational, memoir

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“But that's hindsight for you: never there when you need it.”
― Janet Givens, Fan Favorites: Bonus Scenes from a Peace Corps Memoir

tags: memoir

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“He is already giving me more advice. Never, never, never put your saucisson or your cheese in the fridge. I feel guilty. I have treated my produce cruelly. I blame my mother. Why didn’t she teach me this – and tell me important things like not to hold an orange pumpkin against a cream jumper when I was peeling it. She could have told me how to preserve kiwifruit rather than my virginity – far more useful.”
― Jean Gill, How Blue is my Valley: The Real Provence

tags: france, humour, memoir

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