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Do you miss Susie? Because it was dark, because Ruth was facing away from her,because Ruth was almost a stranger, Lindsey said what she felt. More than anyone will ever know.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Dark
Susie
Anyone
Lindsey
Felt
Ruth
Away
Facing
Ever
Stranger
Miss
Missing
Almost

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