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I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
Anne Enright
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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.
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