A Quote by Patricia Polacco

My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.

Patricia Polacco

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Patricia Polacco
American - Author
Born: July 11, 1944

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