Where do you come from?...This is the number one most-asked question i…

Sue Monk Kidd
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Where do you come from?...This is the number one most-asked question in all of South Carolina. We want to know if you are one of us, if your cousin knows our cousin, if your little sister went to school with our big brother, if you go to the same Baptist church as our ex-boss. We are looking for ways our stories fit together. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2011). The Secret Life of Bees, p.67, Hachette UK
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