Maxine Swann
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"A swing hangs in the middle of the living room. The house was built by the parents. The children - two girls and two boys - run free all day, dance naked in the rain, climb apple trees, ride ponies, press their faces into showers of leaves, rub mud all over their bodies and sit out in the sun to let it dry. When their parents invite other adults for skinny-dipping in the creek, the children memorize all the body parts to discuss later among themselves."...
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