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To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for

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Alexandra Ripley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 8
Died: 2004
Died: January 10
Novelist
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
Mother
Drop
Live
Worth
Thing
Blood
Like
Land
Anyone
Working
Fighting
Lasts
Irish

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If only' repeated again and again in her head like a battering ram...'if only' could break your heart.
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