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The Barmaid of Great Cranberry Island
, Blue Hill Playhouse “wan, boring, absurd” …
    Alice BUCKLE
    Alice and William Buckle, parents of Zoe and Peter, enjoying the sunset aboard the …
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    Midlife Crisis—Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia
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    Hunting for the Secrets of a Happy Marriage—CNN
    No one can truly know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved, but researchers are getting increasingly good glimpses …
    Thin Wife Key to Happy Marriage!
Times of India
    Researchers have revealed the secret of a happy marriage—wives weighing less than their hubbies.
    INGREDIENTS FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE
    1 cup kindness, 2 cups gratitude, 1 tablespoon daily praise, 1 secret carefully concealed.

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    Date: May 1, 9:18 AM
    To: Alice Buckle
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    To: Alice Buckle
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    I t occurs to me that I am the Frank Potter of my own small world. Not the social-climbing Frank Potter, but the in-charge Frank Potter—I am the chief drama officer of Kentwood Elementary. The anxious Alice Buckle that showed up at William’s vodka launch is not the Alice Buckle who is currently sitting on a bench out on the playground while a fourth-grader stands behind her and attempts in vain to style her hair.
    “Sorry, Mrs. Buckle, but I can’t do anything with this,” says Harriet. “Maybe if you combed it once in a while.”
    “If you combed my hair it would be nothing but frizz. It’d be a rat’s nest.”
    Harriet gathers up my thick brown hair and then releases it. “I’m sorry to tell you, but it looks like a rat’s nest now. Actually, it looks more like a dandelion.”
    Harriet Morse’s bluntness is a typical fourth-grade girl trait. I pray she won’t outgrow it by the time she gets to middle school. Most girls do. Myself, I like nothing better than a girl who says what she thinks.
    “Maybe you should straighten it,” she suggests. “My mother does. She can even go out in the rain without it curling up.”
    “And that’s why she looks so glamorous,” I say, as I see Mrs. Morse trotting toward us.
    “Alice, I’m sorry I’m late,” she says, bending down to