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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
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Annapolis
Maryland
Shining
Brilliant
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Heaven
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Children
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Pigs
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