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I had asked her for help, and she had sent me to the lions. I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.

Laura Whitcomb

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Laura Whitcomb
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 19
Novelist
Pasadena
California
Mother
Save
Littles
Daughter
Best
Kill
Daughters
Little
Asked
Intentions
Sometimes
Knew
Lions
Trying
Help
Mothers
Girl
Sent
Helping
Intention

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