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If only they could have what I had

By Dr. Deborah Eisenhut, MD, FACS

My father was a journalist. Our home was full of books. When I was a tiny child, my family purchased an annual library card for the public library in a nearby city. Each week, we visited that library and carted away a basketful of books. I also checked out books from our well-stocked church library. When I began attending school, I took home books from the school library because we lived in a rural area….

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