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RESURRECTION OF THE DAUGHTER by NTOZAKE SHANGE

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First Line: THE FAMILY HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME
Last Line: lick their wounds with their own spit / until they heal
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; DAUGHTERS; FAMILY LIFE; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; RELATIVES;
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