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I See You Made an Effort

Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50

by Annabelle Gurwitch

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I See You Made an Effort by Annabelle Gurwitch

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    Mar 2014, 256 pages

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    Feb 2015, 256 pages

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