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Happiness is the best revenge, you know? Just be happy. It's a choice.

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Revenge
Choice
Choices
Happiness
Happy
Best

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