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The woman who once absorbed the jeers of a nation without flinching never expected the final blow to land in a lawyer’s language. Sarah Palin, who had pitched herself as proof that grit could outmuscle mockery, discovered that grit doesn’t stop a spouse from walking away. The frontier fairy tale she and Todd sold—snowmachines, babies, campaign buses—fractured in an instant, leaving her alone with the echo of vows that suddenly felt one‑sided.
