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Recently married, Shelby comes to see her mother for the Christmas holidays. Shelby is severely diabetic and M'Lynn constantly worries that her daughter is not taking care of herself. When Shelby reveals that she is pregnant, M'Lynn is shocked as the doctors warned Shelby a pregnancy would be dangerous. However, Shelby is too happy to be worried and shrugs off her mother's concerns.
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Start: M'Lynn: Shelby!
Shelby: Mama? Where is everybody?
M'Lynn: I thought you weren't coming to town until after lunch.
End: Shelby: And when it's all said and done there'll be a little piece of immortality with Jacksons' looks and my sense of style...I hope. Mama, please. I need your support. I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.
Robert Harling. Steel Magnolias New York: Samuel French. pp.13-15.
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