Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to p…

Yann Martel
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Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team. ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.7, Canongate Books
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Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team. ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.7, Canongate Books

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