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    Shattered Mirrors
    Shattered Mirrors
    Shattered Mirrors
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    Shattered Mirrors

    By J.A Kassem

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    Shattered Mirrors is a poetry book about the emotions we feel in everyday life, it talks about the beauties and sorrows of being human, it questions the way we are and the way we are living today. A portrait for the broken human self.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ.A Kassem
    Release dateAug 18, 2023
    ISBN9798223694502
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