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I have the best divorce of anyone I've heard of.

Jennifer Weiner

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Jennifer Weiner
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 28
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Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
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Louisiana
Divorce
Heard
Anyone
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