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The day your child says she hates you, and every child will go through the phase, it kicks like a foot in the stomach.

Kathryn Stockett

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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
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Stomach
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