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Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy years, till their kids were grown, and this was a catastrophe for us.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Parent
Grown
Two
Till
Kids
Mess
Children
Bitter
Years
Unhappy
Antagonistic
Caught
Marriages
Married
Catastrophe
Parents
Stayed

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