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Early in Confessions, in 1977, Róisín—Lyca’s great-aunt—is enchanted by the Golden Record attached to the NASA Voyager probes, a collection of songs, voices, and nature sounds meant to explain Earth to possible alien civilizations.
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Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
Oscar’s own Altadena home, on Grandeur Avenue, which was bequeathed to him and his wife, Laurie, by a great-aunt who bought it in the fifties, was just a five-minute drive away.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Her cousin's house was burned, as was her great-aunt's — where Richard-Craven herself also lived until recently.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Sponsored by her great-aunt, Dolcine and her mother entered the U.S. legally in December 2023.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
Oscar’s own Altadena home, on Grandeur Avenue, which was bequeathed to him and his wife, Laurie, by a great-aunt who bought it in the fifties, was just a five-minute drive away.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Her cousin's house was burned, as was her great-aunt's — where Richard-Craven herself also lived until recently.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Sponsored by her great-aunt, Dolcine and her mother entered the U.S. legally in December 2023.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Great-aunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great-aunt. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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