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Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Robert Cormier

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Robert Cormier
Age: 75 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 17
Died: 2000
Died: November 2
Author
Journalist
Writer
Bay State
Robert Edmund Cormier
Mother
Tears
Home
Streets
Great
Safe
Always
Relationship
Playgrounds
Life
Wonderful
Bleak
Family
Parenting
Father
Motherhood
Felt
Warm

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