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Stacy Boone's avatar

A beautiful sentence: "The acoustics changed by clothing layers, open windows, and humidity."

The little flash remembraces, almost like watching a puzzle being put together piece by piece. Yet, damn it Grace!!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

💜

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Mary Beth Rew Hicks's avatar

"On Holland Island, the tooth fairy brough heron feathers and smooth stones." Oh my goodness. What a beautiful chapter, Julie. ðŸŠķ

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thanks!! 💚

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Grace's decisions are always so radical and seemingly final... I am not certain she makes the right ones either but I have a hunch she has a broader plan, even if she doesn't know its exact boundaries yet...

Another emotional chapter Julie and so well read as always.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

I so appreciate your being here, Susie. ðŸĪ

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

Grace is confronting so many layers, some more reluctantly than others, but they’re all there, ready to be reintegrated. Bravo for keeping us in touch with all of them, she’s a complex woman indeed! She’s fierce and stubborn and deeply sensitive and luminous. Each quality festering just beneath the surface of habit and moving her toward some sort ofâ€Ķcatharsis I hope!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Catharsis indeed. It’s always darkest before dawn. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

With these chapters developing Grace’s relationship with her mother and Ned, your storytelling is really exquisite. I feel like I know Grace at this point.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Awww, many thanks, friend!

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Anne Marina Pellicciotto's avatar

So excited to see you - and Grace - making progress. Despite - or maybe because of - the flux and flutter of love. You're a star!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thanks, Anne!! It’s always darkest before morning.

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Anne Marina Pellicciotto's avatar

Hah I meant to say the flux and flutter of LIFE not love. Both and.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Right?! ☚ïļ

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