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Jemma totally lost all sense of purpose. She confided to me that she felt she had nothing left—no child, no career, no sense of self. She became inconsolable.
“Do you know of the Portuguese word saudade?� Gloria asks. Chloe shakes her head. “It doesn’t really have a direct translation in English,� Gloria says, “but it refers to an emotional state of deep, nostalgic longing for something or someone that is absent, or far away. A bittersweet, melancholic, or poignant yearning for things gone.�
