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Even at a young age I was aware that no one else I knew had a brother like him, and so I felt very proud, and maybe a little smug, that he was mine. And even if I did not dream that he would become the writer that he is, it has not exactly been a surprise. | Even at a young age I was aware that no one else I knew had a brother like him, and so I felt very proud, and maybe a little smug, that he was mine. And even if I did not dream that he would become the writer that he is, it has not exactly been a surprise. | ||
I’m very glad he did not become famous until I too was an adult. Since he was so influential in giving me a strong sense of self, it took me years after ''The Naked and the Dead'' was published to come to terms with the fact that people could no longer see me as myself alone, and not my brother’s sister.{{efn|With a deferential nod | I’m very glad he did not become famous until I too was an adult. Since he was so influential in giving me a strong sense of self, it took me years after ''The Naked and the Dead'' was published to come to terms with the fact that people could no longer see me as myself alone, and not my brother’s sister.{{efn|With a deferential nod to W. B. Yeats.}} I used my married names to preserve some measure of anonymity. But I came at last to realize that being Norman’s sister is a part of my identity. Whatever its displeasures, it has from the beginning, made my life more interesting, more complex, and more fun. | ||
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