If she’d been born at the right time they would have burned… - John Updike

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If she’d been born at the right time they would have burned her over in Salem.

John Updike

A&P: Lust in the Aisles · 1986 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.

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