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You're so narrow-minded! You live in the same village you grew up in, you run the family business, you're buying a nursery down the road... you're practically still in the womb. So before you lecture me on the way to live my life, try living one of your own, OK?

Sophie Kinsella

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