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Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?
Gillian Flynn
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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
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Film Critic
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Television Critic
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Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
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