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The earth has a mouth?” Buckley asked. A big round mouth but with no lips,” my father said. Jack,” my mother said, laughing, “stop it. Do you know I caught him outside growling at the snapdragons?
Alice Sebold
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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
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