“I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it.”

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The speaker says that grief does not simply disappear after losing someone you love. Instead of being something you fully get over, it is something you survive and move through.

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About Jodi Picoult

American writer

Jodi Picoult is an American writer. By 2026, she has published 30 novels and several short stories, and she has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Her books have sold widely, with about 40 million copies in print worldwide and translations into 34 languages. She is also the recipient of the 2003 New England Bookseller Award for fiction. Her work appears in both long-form fiction and shorter pieces, and it has reached a broad international readership.

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Perfect Match

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