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Sometimes broken things heal crooked. The pieces didn’t fit anymore.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Things
Crooked
Heal
Fit
Anymore
Broken
Pieces
Didn
Sometimes

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