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    Gifts of inspiration

    May 16, 2021 2 minutes
    MICHELE HEWITSON

    I have recently finished reading a marvellously inspirational book about a llama. I never expected to combine the words “llama”, “marvellous” and “inspirational book” in a sentence.

    I have never read an inspirational book before. My only relationship with the genre has been to make snooty remarks regarding such books and the people who write them and the people who read them.

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