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

Anne Enright

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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Essayist
Literary Critic
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Television Director
Television Producer
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Dublin city
Reared
Fashioned
Ireland
Lovely
Raised
Women

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