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This frames marriage and family as something held together by shared devotion, not just feeling. It can be read as saying that endurance comes from a moral center and mutual care, and it lands in moments when a home is under strain and people are trying to remember what keeps it standing.
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About Elizabeth George
American mystery novelist
Susan Elizabeth George is an American mystery novelist. She is known for writing crime fiction with a strong focus on character, atmosphere, and the details of investigation. Her work belongs to the mystery genre and has made her a familiar name for readers of contemporary suspense fiction. She writes as Susan Elizabeth George, and her books are associated with carefully drawn plots and psychologically layered stories.
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- “Faith is trusting yourself to believe in uncertainties.”Debasish Mridha M.D.
- “When you put faith in that which you know, it is called faith (shraddha). When you put faith in what you don’…”Dada Bhagwan
- “It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of…”Tony Campolo
Explore Marriage
- “I am very proud to have kept my commitment to introduce the married couples' tax allowance. I think it will p…”David Cameron
- “Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood.”Diane von Furstenberg
- “I got married two weeks before my mom passed away, and then a year later, I was receiving some kind of artist…”Michelle Zauner
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Books by Elizabeth George
In the Presence of the Enemy (Inspector Lynley Mystery)
1996
Write Away
2005
Playing for the ashes
2008
Well-Schooled in Murder
1990
Payment in blood
2009