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I love to think about chance - about how one little overheard word, one pebble in a shoe, can change the universe.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Little
Shoe
Love
Shoes
Think
Luck
Thinking
Word
Chance
Universe
Overheard
Change
Pebble
Littles
Pebbles

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