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When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Given
Children
Polish
Pigs
Shine
Shining
Brilliant
Child
Heaven

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