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And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room.

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Anita Shreve
Age: 71 †
Born: 1946
Born: October 7
Died: 2018
Died: March 29
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dedham Massachusetts
Anita Hale Shreve
Might
Way
Shock
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Grief
Moved
Room
Rooms
Another

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