"When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was……" — Kathryn Stockett
"When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was our responsibility to take care of her and pay her medical bills. And we embraced that. But the tricky part is, like so many families in the South, we also expected her to use a separate bathroom, to use separate utensils."
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Kathryn Stockett
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107 Quotes by Kathryn Stockett
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