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I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.

Tana French

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Tana French
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 10
Actor
Novelist
Stage Actor
Writer
Burlington
Vermont
Retrospect
Noticing
Except
Happy
Good

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