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...think of Perowne when you approach the London town house that McEwan shares with Annalena McAfee, his second wife, an arts editor at the Guardian newspaper. Located on a neo-classical square laid out by Robert Adam, it also faces onto the British Telecom Tower, a '60s-era spike. Perowne lives in a house with the same views. And the poignant ramblings of his mother Lily, who suffers from vascular dementia--"I put sap in the clock to make it moist"--are transcribed directly from the speech of McEwan's mother Rose, using notes McEwan took on visits before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Day In The Life | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

...KILLED. ANNALENA TONELLI, 60, humanitarian worker from Italy who founded two hospitals in Somalia and spent 30 years there assisting patients suffering from famine and tuberculosis; by a gunman; in Borama, Somalia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 20, 2003 | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...DIED. ANNALENA TONELLI, 60, Italian aid worker who spent more than three decades helping sick Somalians; after being shot on the grounds of a 200-bed hospital that she founded; in Borama, Somalia. Tonelli was awarded the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' top honor in April for her work combating tuberculosis, aids, malnutrition and female-genital mutilation. She lived simply, eating the same food as her patients. "I would never believe that my life is a sacrifice," she told the Washington Post in 1993. "It is an idea that makes me laugh ... I often felt that there was nobody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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