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    Lonesome Hearts
    Lonesome Hearts
    Lonesome Hearts
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    Lonesome Hearts

    By R. R. (Russell Robert) Winterbotham

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Title: Lonesome Hearts

      Author: Russell Robert Winterbotham

      Illustrator: Kelly Freas

      Release Date: October 4, 2009 [EBook #30170]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LONESOME HEARTS ***

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      Mjly is Yljm's love life. She is her sisters, her mothers, herselves and her ancestors. But poor old Yljm can never be a mother or a sister—just himself!

      lonesome hearts

      By RUSS WINTERBOTHAM

      Illustrated by Kelly Freas

      It seems unnecessary to say that my story began a long time ago, but I do not intend to be subtle. I am not clever and my lying is unpolished, almost amateurish. So I certainly could not be subtle, which requires both cleverness and an ability to tell the truth and a lie in the same breath.

      Let us turn back the clock a few ages. I was lying in the sun thinking of love. I understand that you human beings have an aversion to biological discussion, so I will not go into detail. But I must remind you that my

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