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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
Childhood
Sitting
Behinds
Behind
Adulthood
Waiting
Arrive
Book
Hated
Spent

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