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The world is not that black and white, Rachel. There are no moral absolutes. It is complex.

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
World
Rachel
Complexes
Complex
Absolutes
Moral
White
Black

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