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A Daughter's Quest Lena Nelson Dooley Analysis
The central idea of “ A Daughter’s Quest “ by Lena Nelson Dooley . Constance is on a quest for her father . Her father asked her to go look for his old war friend while on his death bed after . After he died she headed to Browning City to do what her father wanted her to go and find the Michelle Family. The part about the Michelle was the family were nowhere to be found . They went away without telling anyone there where abouts . When Constance tries her hardest to find the Michelle Family when she got to Browning City . Without telling to much information . She’s meets a man name Hans and it seems like it’s love at first sight but Constance only there to do what she has to do and go back to her life,but, being there for a while she starts

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