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know. I understand

homesickness, truly I do. T h i n k a b o u t I t

And that is why I made the Determine the main point of the
first paragraph and pick out one
most terrible decision of
piece of evidence that supports it.

my life.

My marriage ended in

1911. Stanton was a good man in the beginning. Oh,

and what charisma he had. He was a champion too!

He was the United States middleweight boxing

champion. What strength, what energy he had! Our

boys, Rossmore and Eugene, were the joys of our life

together. But we couldn’t make it work. In the end, we

both decided to separate. It’s hard for a woman to

make it on her own, and I had my boys to consider.

Oh! And I was so homesick. My father had died, and

my mother needed company. It made the most sense

for everyone for me to return home to England.

At first, it seemed as though we would thrive. I

became a seamstress, and Rossmore learned boot

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