Avoidance Quote by Alix Kates Shulman

“For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt.” quote by Alix Kates Shulman — Download Open image

“For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt.”

Alix Kates Shulman

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