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When Things Collapse: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Survival, and StrengthIn 2014, while grocery shopping with her two young children, Emma Jean receives a life-altering phone call: her estranged ex-husband has become an active shooter. His subsequent incarceration causes her to confront the painful past she hoped she had long…
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I was not expecting to be sucked into the book on the first page, but I was and didn’t want to put it down. This powerful book shows the actual ups and downs of the author’s lived experience.
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