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Stepmom

Jackie has always been the devoted mother who keeps her household running smoothly. Her life becomes harder to manage when her former husband remarries a woman much younger than she is, and Jackie finds it difficult to accept the new arrangement.

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Then a frightening diagnosis changes her priorities. Facing an early death, she resolves to build a bond with her children's stepmother, hoping the two women can give the children stability once she is gone. The story follows the uneasy, often painful steps between them as old resentments meet new hopes.

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