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After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?

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
Boys
Always
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Thinking

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