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No one expected you to amount to much, she told me. Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.
Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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