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sl8

(16,284 posts) Sat Oct 10, 2020, 07:04 AM Oct 2020

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Kudos Cosmo Blues Oct 2020 #1

The Good Earth? sl8 Oct 2020 #2

Cosmo Blues

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Sat Oct 10, 2020, 12:17 PM

Oct 2020

This instantly reminded me of the book by Pearl S. Buck (I can't remember the name of it) where a woman was picking cotton, gave birth, and went back to picking cotton

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sl8

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Sat Oct 10, 2020, 01:05 PM

Oct 2020

I remember that scene, too, and it's been almost 50 years since I read it last.

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