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And sometimes we cling because the memory is so painful that we can't stop visiting it and hoping to make it come out differently. The risk of letting go is that we have to confront our own selves and our own possibilities.
Amy Bloom
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Amy Bloom
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 18
Film Producer
Novelist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Social Worker
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Sometimes
Grief
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