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Ree, brunette and sixteen, with milk skin and abrupt green eyes, stood bare-armed in a fluttering yellowed dress, face to the wind, her cheeks reddening as if smacked and smacked again.
Daniel Woodrell
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Daniel Woodrell
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 4
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