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Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.

J. K. Rowling

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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