@cassdamm: #stitch with @Jodi Picoult and thats the story of how jodi picoult helped mend my mom and uncles relationship #messytokceo #BookTok #dramatok #familygoals

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tinsleyam
Tinsley :
Dying at the fact uncle decided book club is over because he’s not in prison anymore.
2024-01-20 15:18:11
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kwapkwapkwap
Mickey Alice Kwapis :
Do you mind sharing your pesto recipe?
2024-01-20 00:32:59
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moonmama720
Moon.Mama. :
This is how I find out Jodi picoult has a tiktok! Lol😂
2024-01-19 21:51:58
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bagjuicemami
lol just dnt :
… your mom is very kind.
2024-01-20 19:31:34
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dillydallyalliee
dillydallyalliee :
This could’ve been a Jodi picoult story
2024-01-20 00:17:36
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kdotrdots
Kathryn :
This was a TOP TIER summary of a book that is yet to be written 😂
2024-01-20 01:25:55
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katiekudrick
Katie :
I feel like this is the best kind of endorsement for any author.
2024-01-19 23:08:19
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thebookishrunner
Elyse 🏃‍♀️📚✍️ :
This was so chaotic and I had no idea where it was going. 10/10
2024-01-19 21:40:01
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rexmexy
Stacy :
I freaking love that you started with slightly unrelated, and went into that story
2024-01-19 23:25:40
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readerinblack4
readerinblack :
I was not prepared for any of these sentences
2024-01-19 21:15:53
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honeybun1701
anika :
“Slightly unrelated”
2024-01-23 01:36:24
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wetlandcreature
teddy :
this is a story a drunk girl would tell me in a bathroom that i would immediately go try and tell my friends but im 2 high and cant make any sense
2024-02-04 00:03:42
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yosoybalta
Baltazar :
Pero tu mamá una reina 👑
2024-01-23 13:24:19
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ashleykillebrew1
Ash :
This is a story I cannot forget lmao
2024-01-24 07:09:29
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yazzpick
Yazz👑 :
And she will be the only one safe.
2024-02-07 08:40:07
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im.living.dead
im.living.dead :
At no point I had any idea where this story would go 😭
2024-01-21 19:05:58
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summerchild29
summerchild :
Geez the things you find out on this app.
2024-01-24 13:29:49
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spaced_0ut1
Tabrea :
I wanna know how the group felt after my sisters keeper 😩
2024-01-19 20:42:13
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sarcellejuin
Sarcelle :
but how do you feel about store bought pesto?
2024-01-20 01:19:06
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chelseabromez
chelsea ✨🦋 :
this has convinced me to read a jodi picoult book and i don’t know how i feel about that
2024-01-23 12:45:15
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moinevrelko4
moinevrelko4 :
Me and my grandma did the same thing with her books minus the murder and prison and other stuff
2024-01-19 21:16:00
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sennaslytherin
Senna Stein :
This is the plot of a book.
2024-01-19 19:54:00
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ursulathebear91
Amanda Smith :
so I worked in a mental health unit in a max security prison. we had a book cart. Guess who was the most popular and always checked out
2024-01-27 04:18:51
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darlenequestionmark
Darlene :
So whose Wikipedia page is it? 👀
2024-01-21 22:42:59
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