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“She liked storytelling, and so did I. She liked painting, sewing and craft. Her artworks, she said - her own and the ones she purchased - were collections of personal histories. They were cracks in the footpath, metaphoric scars on skin and lives etched on people's faces. They were reminders of what once existed.”

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Book:Skimming Stones
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