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    Divorce
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    Divorce

    By Maria Morisot

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    This is a compilation of several books. This is a book of poems written during the first part of the author's separation from her partner. It is a book of love, of sorrow, regret and longing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaria Morisot
    Release dateJun 6, 2014
    ISBN9781311153906
    Divorce
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    Maria Morisot

    Maria Morisot has been writing poetry since the late 1990’s and has self-published over 150 chapbooks of her own poetry since the year 2012 when she published her first book of poetry, Please Don’t Touch. She works also as a visual artist under the name Moan Lisa, and has been creating controversy and a stir with art since 2011 when she first took up a brush.

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