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9. Wives, Lovers, Friends

…and a great loss…

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Anyone with a rich personal life has both bright and less bright episodes in their past. Some choose to lead a more sterile life in order to not risk emotional setbacks. Upon review, mine has not been a sterile life. But I was a late bloomer.

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Correspondence to Karl Gustafson .

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Gustafson, K. (2012). 9. Wives, Lovers, Friends. In: The Crossing of Heaven. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22558-1_9

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