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I'm not nearly smart enough or imaginative enough to tackle the novel form. Never happen.
Mary Karr
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Mary Karr
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 16
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Groves
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The shreiking fight or the out-of-character insult endures forever, while the daily sweetness dissolves like sugar in water.
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