In the winter of 1809, a Kentucky mother began attracting concerned looks everywhere she went.
Her abdomen had swollen dramatically.
Neighbors whispered.
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In the winter of 1809, a Kentucky mother began attracting concerned looks everywhere she went.
Her abdomen had swollen dramatically.
Neighbors whispered.
When my sister’s first business failed — an online store that swallowed up fifteen thousand dollars in six months — my father signed a…