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When a woman gives birth her waters break and she pours out the child and the child runs free.

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
Free
Waters
Water
Uplifting
Funny
Pregnancy
Woman
Runs
Running
Birth
Giving
Gives
Children
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Child
Pours

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