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Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Parenthood
Kids
Parenting
Matter
Hoping
Really
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Ahead
Longer
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Tracking

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I love getting fan mail. Often, as a writer, you never know what your readers think of a book... you get critical reviews and sales figures, but none of that is the same as knowing you've made a person stay up all night reading, or helped them have a good cry, or really touched their life.
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