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John and Margaret Thornton had a wonderfully happy marriage. Alas, things were not meant to be. Eighteen months after being wed, Margaret died in childbirth. John, with the help of his mother, is raising a son alone nearly four years later. Still bitter by the loss of his beloved wife, he has turned into the angry scowling man he was before. Then something happened......
John is not the man he was, nor will he ever be again. Can someone help show him that things may change or will John Thornton be his own worst enemy.
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