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  • Kala's branch of the church is one of the more premissive ones--they don't practice poligamy, and acknowledge the existence of the first colonist's 'angry wives'--and Kala's family stand by her when she is shunned for her brother's actions.

    The 2007 Hugo Award: The Novella Shortlist Abigail Nussbaum 2007

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