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“Arthur thinks that, above all, aging means the abandonment of criticism and the taking on of compassionate acceptance.”
― Elizabeth Berg, The Story of Arthur Truluv
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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Contemporary, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, and Women's Fiction


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