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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Beautiful
Necklaces
Things
Beads
Like
Knots
Keeping
Seemed
Painful
Necessary
Place
Necklace

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