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Cheers, Mr. McCourt
by Jacqueline on August 10, 2009
Frank McCourt died this month. I purposefully waited to announce my grief.
Grief isn’t timely. She conjures up old memories and feelings. Grief causes nostalgia.
On the day I found out he died, I arrived home from work, and walked straight back into my bedroom, to my bookshelf, and found my 12-year-old copy […]
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