Melanie Benjamin
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The Aviator's Wife
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue
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Alice I Have Been
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
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Mistress of the Ritz
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The Girls in the Picture
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The Children's Blizzard
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Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion
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Reckless Hearts: A Story of Slim Hawks and Ernest Hemingway
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“Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair.”
― Alice I Have Been
― Alice I Have Been
“I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on to, and which ones to let go.”
― Alice I Have Been
― Alice I Have Been
“But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I do get tired.”
― Alice I Have Been
― Alice I Have Been
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Thank you, Alyss!

Thanks, Lauren!



Thanks, Lauren! (I just took the photo yesterday; new haircut! And nice natural light to diffuse all the "fine lines!")
I sent you an email AGES ago telling you I ordered MATING RITUALS...I suppose you were too busy having parties thrown by GalleyCat to respond!

xo