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How different this moment feels, for so many reasons. I tell myself that no two loves are identical - but that I don't have to compare anymore.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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