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Nothing is ever perfect. It is what you make of it.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Perfect
Ever
Nothing
Make

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