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"A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after--oh, that' s love by a different name."

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About Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, poet, and essayist known for literary fiction addressing social and environmental themes. She has received major literary awards for her novels.

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