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Lynette

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Lynette Scavo is a former high-powered advertising executive turned overwhelmed mother of five who approaches parenting with the same strategic intensity she once brought to the boardroom. Beneath her controlling, sometimes frazzled exterior lies a fiercely loyal friend and wife who will go to extraordinary lengths to protect her family, even as she struggles with the loss of her career identity and her need to maintain control in an uncontrollable world.

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