“But naturally people fussed and objected like they always do when someone tries to do something positive.”

— Jane Rogers , book The Testament of Jessie Lamb

Source: The Testament of Jessie Lamb (2011), Chapter 7 (p. 46)

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English Novelist, Editor, Scriptwriter, Lecturer, and teach… 1952

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