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Lena was an introvert. She knew she had trouble connecting with people. She always felt like her looks were fake bait, seeming to offer a bridge to people, which she couldn't easily cross.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
People
Offers
Connecting
Couldn
Bridge
Trouble
Bridges
Knew
Fake
Felt
Offer
Lena
Looks
Cross
Bait
Always
Crosses
Introvert
Like
Easily
Seeming

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