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No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
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Self
Hard
World
Maintain
Identity
Circumstances
Parent
Sense

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