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I knew her hair and her coloring and her shapes would be different next time, but the way she wore her body would keep on.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Knew
Keep
Next
Body
Different
Coloring
Way
Wore
Would
Shapes
Time
Hair

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