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DISTANCE FROM LOVED ONES by JAMES TATE

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First Line: AFTER HER HUSBAND DIED, ZITA DECIDED TO GET THE FACE-LIFT SHE HAD
Last Line: But, mother, I say, I am dying
Subject(s): SURGERY, PLASTIC; COSMETIC SUGERY; FACE LIFTS;

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