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3edd585
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A suitably sultry voice answered his office phone. I gave my name, and she checked to see if Mr. Walsh was in. Given that Grace said he was the only lawyer at his firm, one wouldn't think she'd need to check
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office
olivia
secretary
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Kelley Armstrong |
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7fa1932
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Putting your time in at the office; dutifully spawning your two point five; smiling politely at your retirement party; then chewing on your bedsheet and choking on your canned peaches at the nursing home. It was better never to have been born-never to have wanted anything, never to have hoped for anything.
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career
duty
dying
hope
hopelessness
nursing-home
office
retirement
spawning
want
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Donna Tartt |
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81098a2
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What happened to the good old days when rich white men just bought their way into office?
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office
political-office
politics
wealth
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Jennifer Crusie |