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Tess was my first experience of a woman who had inhabited her weirdness, moved into the areas of herself that made her distinct from those around her, and learned how to display them proudly.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Around
Distinct
Firsts
Conformity
First
Display
Made
Areas
Moved
Tess
Learned
Inhabited
Woman
Weirdness
Experience
Proudly

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