All the Love in the World
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Phyllis is resigned to taking care of her estranged father who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but the arrival of a litter of stray kittens forces her to confront their troubled history. "All the Love in the World" was shortlisted for The Bellevue Literary Prize, judged by the Pulitzer-prize winning author Jane Smiley, and was published in the April 2013 issue of the Bellevue Literary Review.
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