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Tibby's wish would be to hold on to the idea of love even in the face of darkest doubt. Because that was the way in which she failed. Not once, but again and again.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Idea
Wish
Ideas
Darkest
Even
Failed
Way
Hold
Would
Doubt
Love
Face
Faces

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