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I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
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