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It's frightening when things you love appear suddenly changed from what you have always known.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Known
Always
Things
Love
Frightening
Appear
Suddenly
Changed

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