Andre Dubus III quote

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner.
Andre Dubus III
Andre Dubus III
Andre Dubus III
Born: Aug 11, 1936
Died: Feb 24, 1999

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Vegetables, Mother, Dinner, Imagination, Would, Onion, Week, Take, Had, Like, She, Making, Taste, Frozen, Spam, Them, Might, Cook, Garlic, Resilience

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