I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers …

Janet Fitch
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I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers to the ground? Weren't chains ashamed of their prisoners? ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
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