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LeliaDec 8, 20213 minMemoir and the MoonI used to pay a lot of attention to the first lines in books. I had a notebook where I wrote them down and classified them according to...
LeliaDec 1, 20212 minFalling in Love with Penelope FitzgeraldPenelope Fitzgerald always wanted her children to be well-educated, to study foreign languages, to be employable. In her biography of...