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People rescue each other. They build shelters and community kitchens and ways to deal with lost children and eventually rebuild one way or another.

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Rebecca Solnit
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 26
Art Historian
Author
Environmentalist
Journalist
Writer
Bridgeport
Connecticut
People
Deal
Shelters
Deals
Kitchens
Ways
Rebuild
Community
Rescue
Lost
Shelter
Another
Kitchen
Children
Eventually
Way
Build

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