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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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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Clean
Simple
Thought
Would
Love
Life
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People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.
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