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Page 189
... Mother Is to Blame Here I sit with a smashed thumb- maimed , broken , spitefully used - and it's all my mother's fault . For once , I can look disaster squarely in the eye and blame my mother in- stead of hearing her say , " I told you ...
... Mother Is to Blame Here I sit with a smashed thumb- maimed , broken , spitefully used - and it's all my mother's fault . For once , I can look disaster squarely in the eye and blame my mother in- stead of hearing her say , " I told you ...
Page 191
... Mother's fault . If only she hadn't been so adamant about teaching me to read I might have had ordinary vices like other people instead of becoming a bookaholic - because if I hadn't accumulated all these books , I wouldn't need all ...
... Mother's fault . If only she hadn't been so adamant about teaching me to read I might have had ordinary vices like other people instead of becoming a bookaholic - because if I hadn't accumulated all these books , I wouldn't need all ...
Page 557
... mother " and " father . " My mother and father , for their part , responded differently , 34 as their children spoke to them less . My mother grew restless , seemed troubled and anxious at the scarceness of words ex- changed in the ...
... mother " and " father . " My mother and father , for their part , responded differently , 34 as their children spoke to them less . My mother grew restless , seemed troubled and anxious at the scarceness of words ex- changed in the ...
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