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Using this website

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Please do not attempt to interfere with the site, scrape it at volume, use the forms to send unsolicited marketing, or represent yourself as Joe Hartwell or as acting on his behalf.

Copyright

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Quoting and reviewing

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Content of the books

All God’s Kids is a work of fiction written for adult readers. All God’s Kids is a novel for adult readers. It deals directly with rape and its aftermath, and contains explicit sexual content and strong language.

The attitudes and opinions expressed by characters in the novel are the characters’ own and are not presented as the author’s. Any resemblance between characters and real people is coincidental.

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Liability

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Governing law

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