... her family was viewed by others and throughout her life strived to create the appearance of a happy family' (pg 9). By the time of her death, she seemed to have accomplished this, with all of her children having successful careers and even managing to convince their father of the happy family' ... ever experienced, while the triumphant Cody didn't feel as victorious as he'd imagined he would. His marriage did not end, solely on the grounds that they were so interwoven, it would be irrational for them to leave each other; however Cody was just as destroyed as Ezra. Though love's destructi...

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