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I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Mother
Also
Earth
Devoted
Daughter

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