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“You woke in the morning with the weight of doom on your head. You lay with eyes shut wondering why you dreaded the day; was it a debt, was it a lost love? -and then you remembered the nightmare....This was no time for beauty, for love, or private future....There was no future; everyone waited, marked time, waited. For what?”

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Dawn Powell was an American writer born on November 28, 1896, and died on November 14, 1965. Her works are known for their deep insight into the lives of the American middle class. more

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