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That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams. The girls of 1929.

Anna Godbersen

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
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Berkeley
California
Bigs
Bright
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Girls
Tell
City
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Short
Dreams
Cities
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Skirts

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