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She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements.

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Alice Munro
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 1
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Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets.
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