“I sighed, realizing that in the few hours I'd returned to the bosom of my family, I'd scarcely finished my wedding punch before being stripped of my confidence in my appearance, the pride of my vocation, and the unqualified joy of seeing my sister married off to her respectable dentist. Was it any wonder I'd flown the nest at my very first opportunity?”
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Becoming Madam Secretary
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