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Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives were independent and full. Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives, but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Lives
Aspect
Lena
Others
Independent
Depended
Another
Friendship
Layer
Give
Meaning
Layers
Giving
Close
Fundamental
Full
Fundamentals
Four
Realized
Happiness
Seemed

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