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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CASSIE CHAMBERS grew up in Eastern Kentucky. She graduated from Yale College, the Yale School of Public Health, the London School of Economics, and Harvard Law School, where she was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, a student-run law firm that represents low-income clients. After law school, Chambers received a Skadden Fellowship to return to Kentucky to work with domestic violence survivors in rural communities. She lives in Louisville with her husband, Bryan; their dog, Brixton; and their cat, Spaghetti.
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