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Sue and family

Perfect mum

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Sue Whittaker went through pyelitis in both kidneys and glandular fever without her mother ever acknowledging, let alone sympathising or caring for, her sick daughter.
Many years down the track, happily married and enjoying an excellent relationship with her own children, Sue reckons she finally understands why her mother behaved as she did.


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