I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows…

Laurie Halse Anderson
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I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference. ✨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). The Impossible Knife of Memory, p.297, Penguin
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I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference. ✨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). The Impossible Knife of Memory, p.297, Penguin

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