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Brenda is Currently Reading

Brenda is currently reading

Mad Mabel

by Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author)

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That's Not What This Book Is About

by Joanna Johnson

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Brenda’s Quotes

“I can’t imagine not having pets.” They were what helped make my life livable—beating hearts to come home to each day.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

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“Turns out, in the opinion of most medical experts, your grieving process shouldn’t last longer than six months. And if you aren’t over it by then, there’s something clinically wrong with you. What the hell?”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

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“I mostly regret putting the needs of others ahead of my own. But as a woman, that’s what I was taught to do. You were always someone's wife, or mother, or daughter before you were yourself.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

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“It was like they wanted me to get over my grief so they didn’t have to deal with it.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

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“It’s so easy to see your parental figure through that lens alone, to think that their existence has always revolved around yours. But before they were parents, they were simply human beings trying to navigate life as best they could, dealing with their own disappointments, chasing after their own dreams. And yet we often expect them to be infallible. It”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

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