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I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Women
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And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.
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He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn't love me enough.
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True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.
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