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Get the Summary of Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Raised in a North Shore Chicago neighborhood, the Kissinger children grew up in a large Catholic community. The family, with five girls and three boys born between 1952 and 1964, each had distinct personalities. Their mother, Jean, a former debutante with a genius IQ, struggled with the demands of motherhood and secretly used...
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Get the Summary of Lisa Wilkinson's It Wasn't Meant to Be Like in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Subjected to horrific bullying as a teenager, Lisa survived by making herself as small as possible. But, she swore when she left school that no one was ever again going to determine, who she was, or limit what she was capable of. That determination and drive led to Lisa blazing an unprecedented...
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Book Preview: #1 I had known Omar since I'd started working in Afghanistan, and he'd always dreamed of living in the West. His aspiration had grown urgent as the civil war intensified and his city was torn apart by bombings.
#2 I had been sleeping little since I returned from Sanaa, but my tiredness left me as the scene came into focus: the Hindu Kush snowcaps, the slums on the hillside,...
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Get the Summary of Tom Brokaw's Never Give Up in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Never Give Up" by Tom Brokaw is a rich narrative that intertwines personal anecdotes and historical events, offering a unique perspective on mid-20th-century America. The story begins with the Brokaw family's settlement in South Dakota, where they establish The Brokaw House, a community hub. It follows the life of Red Brokaw, Tom's...
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