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You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart, torn all over the place, and our mother was a witch.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Comedy
Situation
Cody
Family
Jolly
Mother
Particles
Place
Witch
Back
Torn
Think
Turning
Thinking
Apart

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