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It came to Mary now that her mother had been right, after all; Mary had been born for this. In sixteen years she'd shot along the shortest route she could find between life and death, as the crow flew.
It came to Mary now that her mother had been right, after all; Mary had been born for this. In sixteen years she'd shot along the shortest route she could find between life and death, as the crow flew.
Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
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- Emma Donoghue
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- Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Emma Donoghue: documented activity in 1992. Wikidata Q52255, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52255 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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