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Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.

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