"Get yourself a copy of 'Eats, Shoots, and Leaves'. I think author Lynne Truss is the Helen Mirren of punctuation. I’m not sure what that means, but it’s good."
(Sept. 24, 2010, Stephanie Moulton Sarkis)
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The Tim Burton of London's knitting circle.
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