This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a … - Jodi Picoult

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This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty.

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About Jodi Picoult

Jodi Lynn Picoult (born May 19, 1966) is an American author.

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Alternative Names: Jodi Lynn Picoult

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Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about motherhood - finding a piece of yourself separate and apart that all the same you could not live without.

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