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While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained keen on each other and eventually married in 2002.

Anne Fortier

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Anne Fortier
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Novelist
Writer
DK
Relationship
Oxford
Challenges
Keen
Born
Canadian
Remained
Eventually
Despite
Transatlantic
Mets
Jonathan
Married
Montreal

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