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    The first word she learns is Kier. The second is cheer, and the third is wit. It takes six more tries before she finally manages to say daddy.

    (Later, she’ll turn this into a joke on late-night TV. “Most kids cry for their parents,” she’ll say, flashing Oprah the smile she practiced in the mirror that morning. “I cried for principles.”

    The audience eats it up. Natalie will call it the perfect icebreaker.)

     

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    or: Helena Eagan grows up under the watchful eye of Jame Eagan. She learns that some fathers aren’t meant to be fathers.

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