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a woman's place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook dinner.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
Novelist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Sitting
Glass
Comfortable
Kitchen
Feet
Glasses
Woman
Dinner
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Drinking
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Wine
Chairs
Watching
Cook
Husband
Cooks

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