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It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than he could be talking to me. Or maybe it was sad. One or the other. Sometimes it’s hard to tell.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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