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    Josephine: A Pathway to Freedom
    Josephine: A Pathway to Freedom
    Josephine: A Pathway to Freedom
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    Josephine: A Pathway to Freedom

    By Virginia Elena Patrone

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    Last night, I dreamt of a soup tureen – one of those beautiful ones from Mason’s: English, ceramic, white with a dark-pink image printed on it.

    It was suspended in the air, alone with all its beauty, with nothing to distract it from my gaze. Magnetic, it drew my full attention on itself.

    Then my eye, now I recall, focused on the image on the tureen: a little girl who was holding her parents’ hands and throwing some crumbs to a huge white swan. Joséphine

    Here is my story that I’m writing on the spot.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDixi Books Publishing
    Release dateJul 29, 2019
    ISBN9786199099742
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