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I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Apart
Seams
South
Turbulent
Grew
Riots
Came
Protests
Age
Riot
American
Ripped
Time
Protest
Life
Incredibly

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