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I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
Author
Novelist
Nurse
St Paul
Minnesota
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Anchors
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Women
Flatten

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