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I realize what a strange in-between place I am in. The Young Woman inside has turned to go, but the Old Woman has not shown up.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
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Sylvester
Georgia
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Strange
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