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Ask Me about My Divorce: Women Open Up about Moving On
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How refreshing! The women who tell these stories about their divorces, while not denying the inevitable grief and new challenges they must face, celebrate the selves they discover — or rediscover — as they embark on a new chapter of life. One of the... (read more)

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The Art of the Sonnet
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Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
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Beatrice and Virgil
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