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Biography, Memoir, Memorial: Writing My Father and Myself

By Sarah Curtis In the spring of last year, I mailed my father a copy of my manuscript before my publisher sent it to press.

Biography, Memoir, Memorial: Writing My Father and Myself

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By Sarah Curtis In the spring of last year, I mailed my father a copy of my manuscript before my publisher sent it to press.

Since it was about him, I thought he deserved the final pass.

"Your dad got a little weepy at something you wrote," […]

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By Sarah Curtis In the spring of last year, I mailed my father a copy of my manuscript before my publisher sent it to press. Since it was about him, I thought he deserved the final pass. My mother called after they'd received the package.

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Since it was about him, I thought he deserved the final pass. My mother called after they'd received the package. "Your dad got a little weepy at something you wrote," […]

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