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“As a young man, I was cocksure, unable to spool the common thread tying together all faiths—a desire for peace, happiness, and purpose. Yet the fountain that sprang from the well of natural selection couldn’t quench my thirst. I was desperate to taste a different elixir.”

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The Secret Adoption: A Family Memoir

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