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Secondary texts referenced:
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
“No” by Anne Boyer (from A Handbook of Disappointed Fate)
“Our Sisters Shall Inherit the Sky” by Alana Massey (from All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers)
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