I pointed to the wound. It's missing, I said. My grandmother smiled, a…

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I pointed to the wound. It's missing, I said. My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. Yes, she said. But see how much of me is left? ✨ Jodi Picoult (2013). The Storyteller, p.403, Simon and Schuster
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