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I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hated
Spent
Childhood
Sitting
Behinds
Behind
Waiting
Adulthood
Book
Arrive

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