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Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some boats eventually floated ashore. And some boats, like me, seemed to float farther and farther from land
Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some boats eventually floated ashore. And some boats, like me, seemed to float farther and farther from land
Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
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- Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1967; activity date not established; Wikidata Q4993839, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4993839 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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