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Men. You can't live with them...and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best decision I ever made.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Made
Shoot
Years
Eight
Men
Husband
Instead
Decision
Best
Llamas
Ever
Tossed
Live
Legally

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