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Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which all her love had turned to grief.

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Dorothy Allison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 11
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Greenville
South Carolina
World
Towns
Grief
Delia
Turned
Sores
Conscience
Ignoring
Lived
Sober
Small
Picked
Heart
Town
Love
Drunk

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