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No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

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Anita Brookner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 16
Died: 2016
Died: March 10
Art Historian
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
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Confession
Blame
Telling
Truth
Doe

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