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My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my head snap backward. She leaves a print that stains me long after it’s faded. Just so you know: shame is five-fingered.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Five
Backward
Make
Face
Print
Fingered
Faces
Moves
Slaps
Moving
Leaves
Snap
Mother
Fast
Stains
Enough
Shame
Snaps
Hard
Coming
Slap
Even
Head
Faded

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