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I walk out of the room, lurching under the weight of the lesson I've learned less than one hour into wifehood: How quickly the sweetest love turns rancid when it isn't returned. When the one you love loves someone else.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 29
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Chitralekha Banerjee
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