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Polly was pretty good at dieting, all right, but she was beginning to wonder whether you ever lost the parts of your self that you wanted to lose.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Wanted
Beginning
Self
Lose
Right
Loses
Good
Pretty
Wonder
Whether
Polly
Lost
Dieting
Ever
Parts

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