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I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all.

Emma Donoghue

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Emma Donoghue
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 24
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