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I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Books
Cook
Literature
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Live
Feed
Book
Fresh
Cat
Hens
Pictures
Pet
Garden
Cats
Alone
Vegetables

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