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When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Almost
Raped
Lost
Virginity
Also
Discarded
Certain
Assumptions
Life
Assumption
World
Held
Worked
Safe

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