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The Keeper of Stars

by Buck Turner (Goodreads Author)

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)

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“She said it was beautiful to be loved, and that it made everything on earth look brighter.”
― Fanny Fern, Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time

tags: love, romance

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“Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.”
― John Grisham, The Rainmaker

tags: be-yourself, courtroom-drama, crime

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“One must dare to be happy. ”
― Gertrude Stein

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“My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.”
― William Shakespeare

tags: romance, romeo-and-juliet

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“but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

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Our Shared Shelf — 222879 members — last activity Sep 07, 2026 09:03PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

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