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I reckon that’s the risk you run, letting somebody else raise you chilluns.

Kathryn Stockett

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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
Running
Else
Reckon
Letting
Raise
Raises
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She dumb.” I sigh. “But she ain’t stupid.
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