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But, like anyone in love, Madeleine believed that her own relationship was different from every other relationship, immune from typical problems.

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Jeffrey Eugenides
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 8
Novelist
University Teacher
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Detroit
Michigan
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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