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My generation was, in effect, the product of a social experiment. If we did not understand marital intimacy, it was because we had not seen it modelled. We lurched from relationship to relationship, dazzled by the newness of meaninglessness, relentless in our search for something even the most perceptive of us could not identify.

My generation was, in effect, the product of a social experiment. If we did not understand marital intimacy, it was because we had not seen it modelled. We lurched from relationship to relationship, dazzled by the newness of meaninglessness, relentless in our search for something even the most perceptive of us could not identify.

Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern

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Antonella Gambotto-Burke
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Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Antonella Gambotto-Burke: documented birth year 1965; activity date not established. Wikidata Q4776129, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4776129 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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