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Source ISBN: 9780008314156
Ebook Edition © June 2019 ISBN: 9780008314170
Version: 2019-05-02
For Mark, Charlie and Nina.
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them …
Ecclesiastes 3:4–5
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