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The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and optimism which found instant expression through SHOPPING.

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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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Lucy Ellmann

Lucy Ellmann

Born: October 18, 1956 (age 68)
Bio: Lucy Ellmann is an Anglo-American novelist who now lives in Scotland.
Known for:
  1. Dot in the universe (2003)
  2. Sweet desserts (1988)
  3. Man or Mango? (1998)
  4. Doctors and Nurses (2006)

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