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Women always seemed to bring the size they wished they were to the fitting room, rather than the size that would actually fit.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Women
Seemed
Always
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Size
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Rooms
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Actually
Fitting
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Wished

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