Writer Mary Wren of Garden City dies at 79
Photo credit: handout | Undated photograph of Mary Wren of Garden City, a writer and former Adelphi University teacher.
Undated photograph of Mary Wren of Garden City, 
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Family and literature were the most important ingredients in Mary Wren's life.
The two intersected when she put her children to bed, creating precious memories. Her two sons and two daughters, dressed in pajamas, would gather around Wren as she cracked open a book.
"She really felt that the purpose of life was to read," said her eldest son, Gayden Wren, 51, entertainment editor for The...
