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No one hid their interest when I walked into the room. I'm not sure if it was the news about Boo or my general appearance. At home, people would have asked. People would have been crawling all over me for information. At Wexford, they seemed to extract what they wanted to know by covert staring.

Maureen Johnson

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Maureen Johnson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
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