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The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Pleasing
Weren
Dreams
Coming
Chance
True
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