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    I’LL BE LOVING YOU

    Jul 21, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS Philippa Prentice

    When life gives you lemons, most people make lemonade, but not New Plymouth’s Brooke and Lucie Wolfe. When served the sourest variety of all, they decided to make a house.

    Two years before Brooke was dealt the devastating diagnosis of a brain tumour, the couple (who’ve been together for 17 years and have two children, Millie and Oscar) had bought a house just around the corner from their home to rent out while making long-term plans. “Then after Brooke had his surgery, he was given the horrible news that he’d

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