People don't get to choose their family, but if you have the family you would choose - that's happiness.
As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination. Once upon a time, I wasn__ here. Before that, my parents weren__ here. And before that_
A Lie About My Father: A Memoir
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As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination. Once upon a time, I wasn__ here. Before that, my parents weren__ here. And before that_
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