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In Lily's family, there's a story everybody knows by heart.
If this story had never happened, all of us wouldn't be here right now.
Sammy wouldn't be here?
We'd see none of us wouldn't be here.
Wally wouldn't be here.
Anyone that we know wouldn't be here.
So what happens when Lily's mom tells her this story is not true?
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Hey everybody, it's Marielle.
There is a scene in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice where the main character Lizzie Bennett receives a letter from her will they won't they hate you love you sexy crush man Mr.
Darcy.
He actually hands it to her in person.
It's really dramatic.
And when I tell you the anticipation I felt as she opened the envelope,
the way I got butterflies in my stomach the first time I read this letter, I felt like I was her.
That obviously says a lot about the immersive magic of a good book, but also about the potency of a well written letter,
the drama, the intrigue, the focused attention that it drums up in the recipient.
Rachel, Simon and I are kindred spirits in this way.