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As she brought prospective buyers through, the realtor said it was an oil stain, but it was me, seeping out of the bag.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Brought
Realtors
Seeping
Prospective
Stain
Buyers
Stains
Bags
Oil

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