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But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

Jane Smiley

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

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About Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).