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“I had wanted to live forever as a gypsy girl; I had wanted to live forever as a child, tumbling down a rabbit hole. I had been granted both wishes, only to find immortality was not what it had promised to be; instead of a passport to the future, it was a yoke that bound me to the past.”

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Melanie Benjamin
Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin is an American author renowned for her historical novels. Her works often tell historical events from a female perspective, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

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