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Gentry is Currently Reading

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The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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You are strong, but there is a flaw in your strength, and unless you learn to control it the flaw will prove stronger than your strength and defeat you. The flaw? Explosive emotional reaction out of all proportion to the occasion.

The Color Purple (The Color Purple Collection, #1)

by Alice Walker

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