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There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Women
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