Barbara Kingsolver quote: That would be Axelroot all over, to turn up with an extra wife or two claiming that's how they do ...

That would be Axelroot all over, to turn up with an extra wife or two claiming that's how they do it here. Maybe he's been in Africa so long he's forgotten that we Christians have our own system of marriage, and it's ...

~ Barbara Kingsolver ~

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That would be Axelroot all over, to turn up with an extra wife or two claiming that's how they do it...

Barbara KingsolverThe Poisonwood Bible

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