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When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
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Father
Fifteen
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