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Bildungsroman Quote by Alice Munro

“I went around the house to the back door thinking, I have been to a dance and a boy has walked me home and kissed me. It was all true. My life was possible.” quote by Alice Munro — Download Open image

““I went around the house to the back door thinking, I have been to a dance and a boy has walked me home and kissed me. It was all true. My life was possible.””

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