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She was supposed to be putting her life together right now, and all she could seem to do was throw grenades at it.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Seem
Seems
Together
Right
Grenades
Life
Grenade
Throw
Putting
Supposed

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