Jeannette Walls
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...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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