It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late sum…

Gregory Maguire
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It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon them all. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2009). Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister: A Novel, p.29, Harper Collins
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It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon them all. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2009). Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister: A Novel, p.29, Harper Collins

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