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Celia laughs and a curl of her hair falls across her cheek. Marco tentatively moves to brush it off her face, but before his fingers reach her, she pushes herself off the ledge, her silver gown a billowing cloud as she falls onto the pile of jewel-toned cushions.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Hair
Onto
Cheek
Gown
Billowing
Face
Moves
Brush
Marco
Tentatively
Faces
Silver
Laughs
Marcos
Celia
Moving
Clouds
Brushes
Jewel
Ledge
Fall
Fingers
Jewels
Gowns
Toned
Across
Cloud
Pushes
Ledges
Reach
Cheeks
Curls
Curl
Laughing
Falls
Pile
Cushions

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