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The word Depression faded from the American air, but in her it would never fade completely, she knew that. (chapter Five, p177)

— Jo Sinclair Wasteland (1948)

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The first spring after the death is unbearable. Its inexorable, complete awakening. Its compulsive memories. Its intolerable mockery of beauty.

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