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memory is so selective wishful thinking presses it into service all the time.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Feminist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Alvechurch
Worcestershire
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Memory
Service
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Wishful
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