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How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Cleanse
Reflection
Couldn
Forget

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She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it.
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