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"Life had yet to teach me that a child's love can never equal a mother's pain. It is deep and raw, but without it a mother is incomplete."

Plus, there's a snake charmer's son and who can resist that? Did I mention that it's tragic? Cause it is - spell bindingly tragic. ]]>