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WHAT WE DON’T SPEAK OF PUBLISHED IN 2018 COPYRIGHT © EMMA JENSEN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS BOOK (EXCEPT SMALL PORTIONS FOR REVIEW PURPOSES) MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE AUTHOR. THIS STORY WAS LIVED AND MADE ON THE STOLEN LAND OF THE WURUNDJERI PEOPLE OF THE KULIN NATION. AN EXTENDED VERSION TITLED WHAT WE DON’T SPEAK OF: A GRAPHIC ESSAY, WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF A MASTER OF ARTS IN CREATIVE WRITING, EDITING AND PUBLISHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 2016. IT WAS THEN PRINTED IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, MAY 2018. THANKYOU MUM, DAD, CAITLIN, CAITLIN, FRANCESCA, ALICE, TAVA, AND, SPECIAL THANKS TO RONNIE SCOTT.
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PART THREE.........39 PART FOUR.........69
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