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She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing the character kept protesting that she was too strong for love and yet the narrator went on describing her desire.

Anna Godbersen

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Writing
Heroines
Love
Describing
Kept
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Novel
Went
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Desire
Narrators
Strong
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Character
Protesting

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