This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew …

Arundhati Roy
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This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.70, Penguin Books India
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This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.70, Penguin Books India

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