Melanie
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Melanie’s favorite books

The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks Skeleton Crew by Stephen King Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson And I Don't Want to Live This Life by Deborah Spungen The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Case Histories by Kate Atkinson The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
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Melanie’s Quotes

Henry Miller
“To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.”
― Henry Miller
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Anne Lamott
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”
― Anne Lamott
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
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Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Chick-lit, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Politics, Psychology, Science, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult


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