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Dad made the difference

When his wife of 10 years, Joan Tomlin Jones, died in 1988, James Jones faced the test of a lifetime that even his broad shoulders may have found difficult to bear. That challenge included fulfilling his obligations to his four daughters – Sofia,...

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