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When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished.

Louise Erdrich

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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Writer
Little Falls
Minnesota
Cherished
Show
Embraced
Shows
Resilience
Cannot
Eventually
Find
Towns
Even
Harm
Members
Eccentrics
Strangest
Small

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