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Indeed, it is almost revolutionary to see emotionally resonant teenage characters who aren’t mired in abuse, addiction or some kind of horror; leveraging dysfunction has become shorthand for “drama.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Related: ‘This has been an emotionally difficult time’: My brother has cancer and my father is 94.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
And the more surprising a result is, the more it cries out for an emotionally convincing explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"You feel anguish. Every time there is an alert about someone being alive, hope is reborn that we will find him," Gallego tells me emotionally.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She examines our dirty clothing, and probably reads how exhausted we are, both emotionally and physically.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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