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To read Helen Macdonald's memoir, H Is for Hawk, is to feel as though Emily Bronte just turned up at your door, trailing all the windy, feral outdoors into your living room.
Maureen Corrigan
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Maureen Corrigan
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 30
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