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Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.
Jennifer Weiner
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Jennifer Weiner
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 28
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