To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of b… - John Irving

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To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread, we were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense.

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John Winslow Irving (born 2 March 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his novel of the same name).

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Birth Name: John Wallace Blunt

Alternative Names: John Winslow Irving • John Wallace Blunt, Jr.

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To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread, we were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense. - John Irving

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