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Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

Ann Beattie

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Ann Beattie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 8
Novelist
Professor
Short Story Writer
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Meant
Fall
Place
Part
Music
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Time
Rooted
Falling

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