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Jess Foley is currently reading

Wise Blood

by Flannery O'Connor

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The New York Stories of Edith Wharton

by Edith Wharton

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Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History

by Rich Benjamin (Goodreads Author)

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Jess’s Quotes

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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