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Sam Taylor
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Unbury Carol
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The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan
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Gone is Catherine Ingold, an individual with goals and dreams, loves and hates. I’m now a simple machine with one directive: Save Alice.
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“If you’re hurt, you’re hurt. It doesn’t matter if anyone else thinks you don’t have a good enough reason. Pain doesn’t require approval.”
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“There she was, nuzzling a horse and cradling a newborn.”
― Carrie Hughes, The Trad Wife
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