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For some reason our lives were marked by summers. . . . Summer was the time when our lives joined completely, when we all had our birthdays, when really important things happened

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Lives
Reason
Birthdays
Important
Summers
Really
Marked
Things
Joined
Time
Summer
Completely
Happened

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