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Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.
Kate Atkinson
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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
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I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am.
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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
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