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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

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Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother

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Tess’s Notes & Highlights

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Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Clarence Thomas seemed as cowardly as every older man to me.

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