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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
Kate Atkinson
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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
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Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.
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Feminism is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isnt it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldnt it?
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Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.
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She doesn't believe in dogs, Bridget said. Dogs are hardly an article of faith, Sylvie said.
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