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“I grew up without a father, who was kept a mystery to me. There was a sense of u…” — John Irving

I grew up without a father, who was kept a mystery to me. There was a sense of uprootedness, things being one day here and the next day not; a sense anything could happen. Then, all of a sudden, my mother met my stepfather, and her life became happier, and my life changed, my name changed.
John Irving
John Irving Novelist • American
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