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Last night it had been my father who had finally said it: She’s never coming home. A clear and easy piece of truth that everyone who had ever known me had accepted. But he needed to say it, and she needed to hear him say it.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Night
Hear
Truth
Clear
Home
Known
Accepted
Ever
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Finally
Never
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Everyone
Pieces
Easy
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Father
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