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Everything was fine, and she had the rare, new sensation of being exactly where she wanted to be.

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Everything
Sensation
Sensations
Rare
Exactly
Fine
Wanted

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