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I like books by Glass. I think she is an amazing person for reaching out and helping so many young people who are struggling. I thought this book was different than many of her other books. Many of her books deal with Glass caring for needed children
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“If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books.
The book needs you.”
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The book needs you.”
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“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.”
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Children's, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Horror, Memoir, Non-fiction, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Young-adult, school-stories, boarding-school, mental-illness, true-crime, world-war-ii, how-to, crafts, christianity, criticism, sociology, abuse, true-story, drawing, womens-fiction, realistic-fiction, novels, magical-realism, christian-fiction, retellings, short-stories, magic, magick, crochet, knitting, beading, crafty, sewing, and origami
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