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Margaret Atwood, The Edible Woman Quotes: Her metaphors for her children included barnacles encrusting a ship and limpets clinging to a rock.
         

Her metaphors for her children included barnacles encrusting a ship and limpets clinging to a rock.


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Her metaphors for her children included barnacles encrusting a ship and limpets clinging to a rock.
         



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