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Your idea of bliss is to wake up on a Monday morning knowing you haven't a single engagement for the entire week. You are cradled in a white paper cocoon tied up with typewriter ribbon.

Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber
Age: 80 †
Born: 1887
Born: August 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 16
Journalist
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Playwright
Screenwriter
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Appleton
Wisconsin
Cradled
Single
Engagement
Ribbon
Week
Tied
Cocoon
Knowing
Bliss
Morning
Wake
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Ribbons
White
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Haven
Typewriters
Paper
Monday

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