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I will watch a ton of movies while I'm writing for inspiration. Postcards from the Edge was one. I love the mother-daughter relationship and all the hard humiliating stuff she has to go through. Or thinks she has to go through.

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Zoe Cassavetes
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 29
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