Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none

Lois Lowry

Happy birthday, Lois Lowry! The Giver writer was born Cena Hammersberg, after her Norwegian grandmother. Guess who didn't approve of this idea? Grandmother Cena. She sternly advised giving her granddaughter a more American name—and shortly after, baby Cena was renamed Lois.

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