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I nursed a worthless, pint drinker for twelve years and when my lazy, life-sucking, daddy finally died, I swore to God with tears in my eyes I'd never marry one. And then I did.

Kathryn Stockett

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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Novelist
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Jackson
Mississippi
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Nurse
Pint
Years
Marry
Drinker
Never
Twelve
Swore
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Finally
Sucking
Died
Drinkers
Tears
Daddy
Eyes
Worthless
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