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I didn't leave home until 27. i was an only child raised in philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. my grandmother controlled the stove. she made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souffle, potato pancakes. when we didn't have electricity we ate romantically, by candlelight.
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I Didn't Leave Home Until 27. I

Jill Scott
I didn't leave home until 27. i was an only child raised in philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. my grandmother controlled the stove. she made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souffle, potato pancakes. when we didn't have electricity we ate romantically, by candlelight.
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