A Prayer For Owen Meany

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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[Marilyn Monroe] was just like our whole country – not quite young anymore, but not old either; a little breathless, very beautiful, maybe a little stupid, maybe a lot smarter than she seemed, and she was looking for soemtihng . . . She was never quite happy, she was always a little overwieght. She was just like our whole country.

The World According to Garp

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