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I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Literary Critic
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Television Director
Television Producer
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Dublin city
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Women
Reared
Fashioned
Ireland
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Here we go again. Always a few drinks, but sometimes even sober, we play the unhappiness game endlessly round and round. Ding dong. Tighter and tighter. On and on. Push me pull you. Come here and i'll tell you how much i hate you. Hang on a minute while i leave you. All the while we know we are missing the point, whatever the point used to be.
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