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For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.

Emma Donoghue

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Emma Donoghue
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 24
Literary Historian
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Faces
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