Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile be…

Isabel Allende
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Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages ✨ Isabel Allende (2003). My invented country: a memoir, HarperPerennial
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Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages ✨ Isabel Allende (2003). My invented country: a memoir, HarperPerennial

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