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Ask any woman in an arranged marriage. Love is the least stressful way out.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
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Autobiographer
Essayist
Feminist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Alvechurch
Worcestershire
Least
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Woman
Way
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Arranged
Stressful
Marriage

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