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Born to an unwed mother who gave him to relatives to raise as a baby, Ellison—who declined to be interviewed for this article—was estranged from his biological parents.

He said that morning he had had an argument with his estranged partner about selling his car.

Patterson's estranged husband, Simon Patterson, was meant to attend the lunch but cancelled at the last minute, in part due to his belief that his wife had been trying to poison him for years.

He didn’t just co-write this tale of two estranged brothers excavating their complicated history — he imbues it with his essence, its reason for being.

Kidman’s divorce filing, reviewed by The Times, shows different mailing addresses for the estranged spouses.