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Something was wrong with a world where people came and went so easily.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Death
Something
World
People
Easily
Went
Came
Wrong

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