“My mother tried to stick it out, desperate to challenge the sectarianism that spilled out of all the cracks in the surfaces of our town. She wanted us to stay put, not to be put out. But as the days passed she accepted that the barrier had been built around us, and if we waited any longer we might not make it out at all.”
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Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home
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