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I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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Cincinnati
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Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
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