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She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Wondered
Unhappy
Deeply
Wish
Made
Things
Inclination

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