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Under the Whispering Door
Under the Whispering Door | T. J. Klune
Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a man who spent his life at the office - and his death building a home.
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CozyBookworm
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Bailedbailed

I tried, but I couldn‘t get into it 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Bookworm54
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Pickpick

I loved this one. A cosy fantasy exploring life after death, set in a tea shop.

Wallace died having lived a life focusing on his career and ambition, and having not being a nice person. But after death he is brought to a tea shop by a reaper (Mei) and meets Hugo, a ferryman whose job is to help him come to terms with death before crossing over.
Here Wallace has a chance to become a better person and find the family he never knew he was missing.

Seabreeze_Reader Nice review! 🙂 Although this seems to be a popular book, I never paid much attention to what the story is actually about. 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Loved this one 💫 1mo
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DHill
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Although this has Klune‘s trademark quirk and poignancy it didn‘t hit quite the same for me as The House in the Cerulean Sea.

The.Great.Catsby I felt exactly the same. I almost wish I read this one first. 2mo
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DHill
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My #Libby hold came in and I‘m finally starting my September #AuthorAMonth pick.

@Soubhiville

Soubhiville Grab your tissues! I love this book. 2mo
CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 2mo
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Yenya1954
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Wallace was a hard working man. He had no friends-none at all. When he died his funeral was sparsely attended. Wallace was collected by a “Reaper” and taken to a tea shop where the dead pass through on their way to the next phase of eternity. The tea shop owner Hugo is filled with compassion and understanding. He is very kind. Finally, Wallace is given a week to cross over. In life he worked in death he found himself. Amazing novel! 5/5

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DoonTheGoon
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Pickpick

A lush and bittersweet tale of "life" after death that ponders whether we can find our truest humanity after we pass.

A little fantasy, a little romance, and a lot of heart - I really enjoyed this book. I laughed, I cried... as a grieving person this one really hit hard.

Also, dog lovers take note - this story features a fabulous pup! ❤️?

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MaxwellDemon
Pickpick

Beautiful and unexpected. My husband and I were both pleasantly surprised by the story even if the characterization of Wallace as a lawyer was a little clunky. Highly recommend this one (and it is a very quick read!).

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Allthebookclubs
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Pickpick

Klune‘s mind is fascinating! Everyone is talking about fantasy these days and they‘re referring to faeries or dragons, but this is a different kind of fantasy. An interesting take on death, afterlife, and in between. Full of emotions from grief and sadness to hilarity and love, all leading to people connecting to one another. Book #50 in 2024

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Aimeesue
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Switching back and forth between book and audio, narrated by Kirt Graves.
Happy Pride month!
🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🩶🖤🤍

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K.Wielechowski
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Pickpick

Wallace is an asshole.
And then he dies.
But he doesn‘t cross over right away. He is met by a reaper who escorts him to Charon‘s Crossing, a tea shop that doubles as a portal to the afterlife run by the enigmatic Hugo.
Wallace is given the opportunity to come to terms with the life he lead and the death nobody grieved and ended up finding a purpose, a family, and a home.
Sometimes you have to die for your life to begin.

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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Pickpick

What an empathetic book! How tender. How bittersweet. How deeply poignant. For a book so absorbed with death, it's strangely life affirming, and isn't that such a wonderful paradox? It emanates such fierce humanity that it's a palpable thing, an innate goodness that you get to hold in your hands with all the messy complications of this equally terrifying and wonderful business we call life and death. I can't resist returning again and again 🫖.

Bookwomble Beautiful review 💖 6mo
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @Bookwomble Thank you so much 🫖❤️. It's such a beautiful story. 6mo
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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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I love this journey more than anything, which is why I can't resist returning to this cosy world of ghosts and tea shops again and again 🫖.

#fantasyfiction #romance #tjklune #quotes #currentread #reread #lgbtqia #ghosts #cozyfantasy #charon #utwd #afterlife #bookish #booklover #bookquotes

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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I'm of the mind that I'm family now, since this is my third time reading this book! 🫖

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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Home sweet home 📚🫖.

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monkeygirlsmama
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Pickpick

4.5 ⭐

Still fresh in the throws of grief, I wasn't certain if I'd be able to get through this. (I didn't know what it was about prior to the trigger warning at the beginning.) Decided I was going to try it anyway, and I'm so glad I did. It broke my heart several times and put me back in that initial loss mindset. I cried. I cried like a fool actually. At my desk. At work. But it was such a good story and so well written. A truly beautiful tale.

rwmg I just got this. Thanks for the warning. Strictly to be read at home 6mo
monkeygirlsmama @rwmg If I hadn't just lost my better half less than a year ago it might not have affected me quite so strongly. As it was, I was good up until, probably, the last 1/4 of the book. 6mo
rwmg Sorry for your loss. I lost my mum at the beginning of this year, so maybe I'll hold off on it fir a while 6mo
monkeygirlsmama @rwmg Thanks 😏 My condolences as well. 😔 6mo
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DavidDiamond
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In posing the question "What will you do with the time you have left?", TJ Klune gives us another funny and heartwarming story about life, loss, grief and tea.
I laughed, I cried....I appreciated life just a little bit more.
But not tea..it's like warm water with yard clippings...I'm more of a coffee kinda guy.

TrishB You‘re not having the right tea 😁 6mo
RaeLovesToRead Yes to everything except to the tea bits. Tea is amazing! 😅😁 6mo
DavidDiamond @TrishB You're probably right! 😁 6mo
DavidDiamond @RaeLovesToRead That's what I hear...I'll keep trying! 6mo
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monkeygirlsmama

"It was enlightening to see that you were a proponent of manscaping when you were alive. I'd hate to think you'd neglect it only to spend your time here with a topiary garden in your pants." - Nelson

????Nelson ragging on Wallace does not get old. This guy is by far one of my favorite characters ever.????

CBee LOVED this book 😊😊😊 6mo
monkeygirlsmama @CBee It was on my TBR, but I came into it with no idea what it was about. I'm 60% in now though and I too have been loving it. 6mo
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AkashaVampie
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Just started listening to this... the guy is an asshole. Is he supposed to be that way?

#BookishMonopoly

Prairiegirl_reading Yes he is. But keep going 💜 9mo
CBee Please keep going! It‘s so worth it 😊😊 9mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes! One of my favorites!! 9mo
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AkashaVampie @Prairiegirl_reading @CBee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Am I going to be crying by the end of the book? Am I going to love the asshole at the end? 9mo
Prairiegirl_reading I can‘t spoil! 🤐 9mo
AkashaVampie @Prairiegirl_reading come on.... not even alittle???? 9mo
CBee @AkashaVampie I think by the end you‘ll be laughing and crying. That‘s all I‘m gonna say 😊 9mo
AkashaVampie @CBee oh fun! 9mo
AkashaVampie @Prairiegirl_reading @CBee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ok... I am really getting into the book now. I am 59% done. It does have its funny moments. I think its the most serious book I have read in a while (meaning that it is trying to teach you something about life). I am all fiction when it comes to reading becuz I want to be someone or somewhere else. So this is very interesting. Making me think, but liking it. 9mo
CBee @AkashaVampie glad to hear it 😊 9mo
AkashaVampie @Prairiegirl_reading @CBee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ok now at 73% done. I take back about the asshole. The Manager is an asshole. 9mo
CBee @AkashaVampie 😂😂😂😂 you‘re the cutest 9mo
AkashaVampie @CBee I know my assholes... haha 9mo
CBee @AkashaVampie 😂😂😂😂 9mo
AkashaVampie @CBee 🤘🤪🤘 9mo
AkashaVampie @Prairiegirl_reading @CBee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Finished.... Holy Shit that was a roller coaster of emotions! 9mo
CBee @AkashaVampie YES!! Great right?? 9mo
AkashaVampie @CBee yeah it was. Everyone needs to read it 9mo
CBee @AkashaVampie have you read The House in the Cerulean Sea? Same author and possibly even better than this one! 9mo
AkashaVampie @CBee no not yet, but it is on my list to get to! 9mo
Prairiegirl_reading Yeah I need to say I listened to this on audio and stood in my garden bawling. 😭 I loved that book and house on the cerulean sea and in the lives of puppets. 💜 9mo
AkashaVampie @Prairiegirl_reading I also did the audio. 9mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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2023 favourite books, ranked from left to right, top left to bottom right. Some combination of emotionally resonant and a DAMN GOOD TIME. Pretty obvious that T. Kingfisher joined my list of favourite authors in 2023.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Pickpick

First read in March of this year, my December reread confirms, this is my favourite book read in 2023. Everything it makes me feel, how it talks about grief, loss, forgiveness, humanity, redemption, letting go, love, belief...the fully developed characters, the funny and poignant moments, casual queer rep, the unique fantasy elements. I was worried that it wouldn't hit me the same way the second time but I was laughing and crying all over again.

Robotswithpersonality There is an author's note at the beginning concerning the content, and as the acknowledgements state at the end, I don't know that this could heal someone, but I know that it aches in the best way, as much the feeling of when you smile too much as when you cry too hard. ❤️ 10mo
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🎄🎅🏻🦌

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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It‘s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don‘t have enough at all.”

😭😭😭💔💔💔

Tux, get the tissues!

#Adayinthelifeoftux

RaeLovesToRead Aww, Tux looks so cosy!! 💕💕 11mo
dabbe Tux is tuckered out! 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @RaeLovesToRead he‘s such a good boy 🖤 🐾 11mo
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WJCintron Never enough!! Enjoy every second. 😃🙌❄️❄️ Happy first of December!! 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Two4Tuesday

Can‘t wait for the Josie Silver!! 💙🤍💙

Desha I ordered that one from BOTM also! ♥️ 11mo
TheSpineView I want to read this book too! 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Eggs Metaphor for life…🫖 11mo
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MicrobeMom
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Pickpick

Wow! This is a beautiful emotional book about death and grief. Not as fun and light hearted as The House in the Cerulean Sea, but amazing cozy thought take on mortality and the after.

RebelReader I just finished this one this week too! Your review is spot on! 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Still trying to finish 🥴 this has been a busy week! 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Go Chiefs!! 🏈🙌🏻

What are you reading tonight? 📚

BkClubCare Go Chiefs!! 🌟 12mo
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lyradora Marked by Magic by Lindsay Buroker, the first in a new urban fantasy series. The female protagonist is a human/dark elf who is an excellent archer and tracker. When she gets hired to find a dragon who has come to Earth from another realm, she reluctantly takes the job because she **really** needs the money. Hijinks ensue.
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JessieKB Perfect combo!!!🍷🏈📖 12mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Here‘s to everyone having a great Monday!! 🍷 🍾

Loving this book! 💙✨🌟

gossamerchild I adore that book! 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“We don‘t always see what‘s right in front of us, much less appreciate it. It‘s not until we look back that we find what we should have known all along.”

Loving this one 💫

#LitsyLoveReads

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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My best reading buddy!! Apparently I read several chapters in this one that I don‘t remember reading so back to chapter 4! I think I was reading and took my sleep medicine 🤪

Does this ever happen to anyone else?!?!

#Adayinthelifeoftux
#Catsoflitsy

AmandaBlaze Yup. 12mo
dabbe Hi, Sir Tux! And yes, I do that ALL the time, especially if I read right before bed. 🧡🖤💜 12mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dabbe yes!! I didn‘t remember a thing!! 🤣🤣 12mo
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Brooke_H
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Pickpick

I cried so hard my dog (dog! like Apollo! insert crying face emoji!) came to check on me.

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Evita
Mehso-so

3 out of 5

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RaeLovesToRead
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It's perhaps odd that I love TJ Klune's cosy fantasies so much. Generally, I steer away from the whimsical and the saccharine. Under the Whispering Door has that otherworldly, fairytale feel that I don't always connect with.

But who am I kidding? This was thoroughly charming. It brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. Charon's crossing felt like home, and the story tugged on my heartstrings in all the right ways.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

julesG One of my favourite stories by Klune, too. 1y
RaeLovesToRead @julesG it had a happy ending 😭😭😭😭😭😭 1y
CaitlinR So true, and how wonderful that you have a signed copy! 1y
RaeLovesToRead @CaitlinR He was such a nice guy too! 1y
Branwen This book is perfection! 💕📚 1y
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Robotswithpersonality
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Time for the #midyearfreakoutbooktag - condensed version. Picked out 9 books that I loved/stayed with me the most, that I read in the past 6 months. Top three make the all time favourite list. Safe to say this is the year of T J Klune and I cannot WAIT to get my hands on In The Lives of Puppets.

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Kris10H
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Mehso-so

Book #36
3/5
It really bothers me when the synopsis on the back of the book is misleading. This one led me to believe that it's about a dead man trying to decide how to spend his last week on earth before crossing over. In reality, it's more than halfway through the book when he is given that time line. There are good parts, but overall I found the story underwhelming.

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Fiezzo

Questo libro è fantastico e ti fa riflettere su argomenti importanti e proprio per questo lo consiglio dai 14 anni in sù. È triste ma la ironia dei personaggi sdrammatizza tutto.

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Skeeterisme
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Pickpick

Beautiful

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DebinHawaii
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Pickpick

Finally got around to reading this one prompted by my #AuldLangSpine list from @Laughterhp & while The House in the Cerulean Sea edges out as my favorite, this is a close second. I love the ability Klune has to make me both laugh & cry to & grow & redeem his characters. I have been staying away from “sad books” for a while now as it doesn‘t help my depression, but the sad moments of grief & loneliness are served with a big side of humor & hope.💙

emz711 I just checked Libby and there was no wait-list for this one! #checkedout 1y
DebinHawaii @emz711 Excellent! I hope you enjoy it! 💙 1y
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AmyK1
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This was good and had me laughing out loud more than once. I liked it for the most part, except for the ending. Still like House in the Cerulean Sea better.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Heart achingly beautiful. I think this might be my favourite book, ever.
Laughing and crying simultaneously doesn't happen to me often reading books, but it's a manifestation of the book itself, there's sadness, even spookiness, but also joy, strength and so much love, empathy and forgiveness, redemption. 1/3

Robotswithpersonality The personal context for this story breaks my heart a little bit, but I'm grateful for its existence, and any comfort it may have rendered the author in its creation. I appreciate the time taken to thank the sensitivity readers in the author's acknowledgements, in the context of writing characters of colour as a white author. 2/3 2y
Robotswithpersonality It's not rep identified in this story, but I think the way this asexual author chooses to tell a story about falling in love speaks to me as a demisexual because the physical attraction may be present but is not overly emphasised/made the initial catalyst for growing closeness.

Everything I wanted (needed?) and more.

Heed the author's note at the beginning re: trigger warnings. 3/3
2y
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👋🏻Jazz hands👋🏻😂

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KristiAhlers
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This is my March #doublespin #bookspin book. And once again this author took me on an emotional Rollercoaster of laughing and crying. I love the idea of a better life after death with total acceptance. Too bad we don't have that here. Truly a fun and touching read. @TheAromaofBooks

gossamerchild I loved his description of death. It was very comforting. 2y
KristiAhlers @gossamerchild yes so very much. There is just something about this author and how they write. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
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elisebarker
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This was not as good as The House in the Cerulean Sea. It was slow to start and I didn‘t really care for the ending. I did enjoy the middle section and I love Klune‘s writing.

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actualdisneyprincess
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MY HEART. 🥺🥹 Damn, TJ Klune, I‘m sitting at my desk at work crying my face off. What a beautiful book. #underthewhisperingdoor #tjklune #grief #love #family #friendship #foundfamilies #death #theafterlife

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