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Then he holds her and for a moment I hear total silence that totally silent part of a cry that announces that the most horrible grief is going to follow. And it does, and he's muffling it, but I can hear and I want someone to come over and jab her with a sedative because its pitch pierces my soul.

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
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Sydney
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