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I Am Not An Island

Elizabeth Lane

Publisher: Ginninderra Press

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Summary

We are all connected, our lives are framed by relationships we form and we are forever affected by the ripples they create. We feel for others and they feel for us, these are the ties that bind us and the roots that ground us. From birth to death we are all searching for connection and once we find one we are changed. You are not an island, I am not an Island.
Available since: 07/12/2018.

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