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Janet Kelley

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in Hutchinson, KS, The United States

November 18, 1974

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Janet Kelley is a teacher, reader, writer, and feminist. A native of Hutchinson, Kansas, she studied Humanistic Studies and Religious Studies at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. She studied Historical Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She earned her teaching credentials from Indiana University at South Bend. Ms. Kelley currently lives in Boston and Budapest.

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It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

by Mary Louise Kelly (Goodreads Author)

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