false 98821 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 98821 2 95266 2005 Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America total:141|5:19|4:53|3:49|2:15|1:5| 141 489 191 33 56874 3.48 151 37 2324560 149347 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 3 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 24 07:09:59 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 07:13:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 61197431 2295298 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 2 0 false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 11:25:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 11:53:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64339057 1247935 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 2 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 05:20:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 05:27:23 -0700 2009
However, I really wish Michelle Kennedy was a better writer. Or had a better editor. Sloppy writing detracted from he...more...]]> 68594727 1836460 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 3 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:20:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:24:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 69757527 1571446 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 1 0 false Tue Sep 01 19:35:48 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 19:43:37 -0700 2009
This isn't a book about homelessness. This is a book about a woman who continually makes bad decisions and puts her children at great risk. She has a college education, but she rarely thinks through situations. For example, why bring all...more...]]> 30307718 1336770 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 3 0 false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 16 09:39:06 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 30 05:17:45 -0700 2009 once I can't say the book is bad and I can't say she's a bad person but she's not a person I would put myself around. She made so...more...]]> 47002111 1078037 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 2 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 20 17:55:19 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:58:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 19110752 140443 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 1 1 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 11:06:56 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 11:14:28 -0700 2008
I was expecting to read the story of a woman who found herself homeless, with no one (and nothing) to turn to. Instead, I found the story of a selfish, proud woman who made a series of very stupid mistakes and then felt lik...more...]]> 39813917 1792669 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 3 0 false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 15:30:53 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 14:03:08 -0800 2008 16720998 715145 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 1 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 14:46:40 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 07:21:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 46904267 1121757 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 4 0 false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 16:55:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 16:58:31 -0800 2009
Sadly, this story is not unique. The hidden homeless are all around us.]]> 56438698 569064 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 20:47:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 20:48:41 -0700 2009 15387362 862671 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 2 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Feb 13 22:45:44 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 22:48:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 46362853 2031437 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 3 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 16:57:37 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 16:58:15 -0800 2009 10570194 64544 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 5 0 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 17 11:55:46 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 12:01:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 33298058 1283929 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
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With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 5 0 false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 14:34:29 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 14:36:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27372117 1282016 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 2 0 false Tue Jul 15 18:42:28 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:44:15 -0700 2008 37078915 1551128 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
]]> 2005 4 0 false Thu Nov 06 18:47:30 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 18:49:59 -0800 2008 1654654 113420 98821 0143036785 9780143036784 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681m/98821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171427681s/98821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98821.Without_a_Net_Middle_Class_and_Homeless_with_Kids_in_America 3.47 141 Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.
With startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment-but having too much to qualify for public assistance.
Without A Net is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.
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