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There are people and places and events you'd prefer to forget or at least gloss over. In the end, you can slap a pretty label on it - like serendipity or fate. Or you can believe that it's just the random way life unfolds.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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