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Added November 10, 2014
There were men in my room, and it was bright, too bright, and I was being lifted out of bed.
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Divided Kingdom
Rupert Thomson
Published
2005
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I didn't like my mother, and I certainly didn't love her. The only time we actually had anything in common was when I had my own daughter—but by then it was too late, since my mother was to die before we really could compare notes.
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Let me tell you about the last time I saw my dad before he was sent to prison.