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“Ike, Sharon and Me”: An excerpt
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“Ike, Sharon and Me”: An excerpt

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Bloom • Leave a comment

by Peter Ferry

After the fire that burned her house to the ground … there had been some unspecified problems with the insurance and also some questions about smoke detectors: had they been operational?  Had they failed?  Why hadn’t they awakened the family?  Or had they perhaps awakened the children?  They didn’t remember.  Continue reading →

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