Jhumpa Lahiri - A lot of my personality was in...

A lot of my personality was informed by feeling very different in the world I grew up in, feeling that I didn't fully belong, that my parents didn't belong.

Jhumpa Lahiri

American Author

Born: Jul 11, 1967

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Personality, World, Parents, Feeling, Lot, Up, Very, Different, Grew, Informed, Fully, Belong

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