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She leaped into space, high, higher than she'd ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet.

Emma Donoghue

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Emma Donoghue
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 24
Literary Historian
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Space
Birds
Ever
Crowds
Leaped
Life
Bird
Snap
Like
Clean
Scattered
Higher
Snaps
Feet
Swing
Came
Swings
High
Crowd

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