Lorrie Moore - My father was the child of academics and was probably destined to become an academic ...

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My father was the child of academics and was probably destined to become an academic himself but vetoed that idea. Bailed, dropped out of graduate school and just went to work for an insurance company. But the house was full of books and music and all of that.

Lorrie Moore

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Mein Vater war ein Kind von Akademikern und war wahrscheinlich dazu bestimmt, selbst Akademiker zu werden, hatte aber ein Veto gegen diese Idee. Bailed, brach das Studium ab und arbeitete für eine Versicherungsgesellschaft. Aber das Haus war voller Bücher und Musik und all dem.

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