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She had willed her heart to stay small and contained, but it wouldn’t be. Oh, well.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Small
Wells
Well
Heart
Willed
Contained
Wouldn
Stay

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