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Jennifer Gay Summers

Jennifer Gay Summers: Writer

Jennifer Gay Summers’ articles and essays have appeared in Adoptive Families magazine, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul, and Conscious Women, Conscious Mothers. She is the co-author of Any Way I Can: 50 Years in Show Business. She lives in California with her husband (who just happens to be her veterinarian), her daughter, and a menagerie of pets.

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