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The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Shows
Reflection
Character
Atheism
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Marriage
Grew
Amateur
Differences
Richest
Literature
Surely
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Unhappy

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