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A woman without a man -- a condition of 'manlessness' -- is defined as alone. But a single mother is less alone than the average housewife.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
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Maryland
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This is how Americans think. You believe that if something terrible happens to someone, they must have deserved it.
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Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.
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