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If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.

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Dani Shapiro
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 10
Author
Novelist
New York City
New York
Grew
Keep
Nothing
Thing
People
Hearing
Complicated

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