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I had a very free childhood and ranged around on my bicycle the way boys do. I had few restrictions.

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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Writer
Little Falls
Minnesota
Around
Way
Ranged
Restrictions
Restriction
Bicycle
Childhood
Boys
Free

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