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I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Life
Comprehension
Ridiculous
Beyond
Thought

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