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There's quite a big gap when it comes to that dual identity of mother and child, or even a pregnant woman, or a nursing woman. It kind of begs the question of that very strong Western idea of the individual self.

Anne Enright

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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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