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Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Novelist
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Things
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Life
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