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I don’t know who my parents were. i know nothing about my inheritance. i could be jewish; i could be part negro; i could be irish; i could be russian. i am spiritually a mix anyway, but i did have a solid childhood fortunately, because of some wonderful women who brought me up. i never had a father or a man in the house, and that was a loss...
-James A. Michener
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I Don’t Know Who My Parents Were.

James A. Michener
I don’t know who my parents were. i know nothing about my inheritance. i could be jewish; i could be part negro; i could be irish; i could be russian. i am spiritually a mix anyway, but i did have a solid childhood fortunately, because of some wonderful women who brought me up. i never had a father or a man in the house, and that was a loss...
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