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I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga.

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Mary Ann Shaffer

Mary Ann Shaffer

Born: December 13, 1934
Died: February 16, 2008 (aged 73)
Bio: Mary Ann Shaffer was an American writer, editor, librarian, and a bookshop worker. She is noted for her posthumously published work The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which she wrote with her niece, Annie Barrows.
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