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People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read their mothers.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Compared
Ability
Read
Mother
Nothing
Children
Uncanny
Always
Mothers
People
Talked

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