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And almost instantly, Daddy made everything seem just fine. Even when it wasn't.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Even
Instantly
Made
Daddy
Seem
Fine
Wasn
Almost
Seems
Everything

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