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You’re training a new employee,' says Mrs. Clark, 'to take over your boring old job.' When you raise a child.

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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