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Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Pain
Wrenching
Someone
Ending
Feel
Guts
Feels
Rejection
Even
Weren
Make
Loss
World
Crazy
Though

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