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Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
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Crazy
Anyone
Mother
Children
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