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She was good at talking with young people. She seemed to view them as interesting foreigners.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
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And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.
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Women were the ones that held the reins, it emerged.
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...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.
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