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The affectionate farce I make of him ignores the ways I feel his lack of love for me. But we are managing.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
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Ignores
Make
Farce
Love
Affectionate
Managing
Lack
Ways
Feel
Feels

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