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And while I was very upset at her for feeling so helpless in the face of life's demands and for feeling so afraid of my father (e.g., My mother: "I can't write a check because your father will take away the checkbook". Me at 13: "So what good is the checkbook if you can't write a check?"), I nevertheless loved her and felt a deep sympathy for her plight.
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