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Everyone keeps saying I’ll pick it up. But what if I don’t? I did algebra for three years, and I never picked that up.

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
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London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
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