Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian…

Janet Fitch
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Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was telling that day. There were so many missing pieces. I was starting to find some of them, working my way upriver, collecting a secret cache of broken memories in a shoebox. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.246, Hachette UK
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Panic was the worst thing. When you panicked, you couldn't see possibilities. Then came despair. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.82, Hachette UK
I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
They say drugs are not the answer, but really, what is the question? ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). Paint It Black, p.46, Hachette UK
So much wanting and longing, clutching, desiring, passion and hatred and terrible need. Here, death was suitable, there was room for it, the grip of life's relentless urges slackened, replaced by thi … ▶

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