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Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Sometimes
Memory
Keys
Memories
Sure
Poor
Happiness
Felt

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