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I guessed my mother figured if my father got right down to the task of eating he wouldn’t be so inclined to jump up and strangle my grandmother.

Janet Evanovich

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Janet Evanovich
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: April 22
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South River
New Jersey
Steffie Hall
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