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He gave you to me, she said, so low I could hardly hear her. Now I have to give you back to him, Mama.

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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Williams
Arizona
Diana J. Gabaldon Perez
Give
Back
Giving
Mama
Hardly
Lows
Gave
Hear

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