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In the same year that they married, she had her first son, Marshall, and then two years later they had twins Jerry and Jim. [ 6 ] After fourteen years of marriage, she described how her husband had proved to be an alcoholic bum. The same year that she published her first novel, Hired Girl, which she received $500 for, she "bought a pair of shoes, two dresses, and hired a divorce lawyer." [ 7 ] In 1953, they divorced, and Velma left with her sons to “The Colony” in Chicago . [ 5 ] Writing...