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I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking.

Emma Donoghue

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