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What are you reading? Owen asks. Charlotte's Web, Liz says. It's really sad. One of the main characters just died. You ought to read the book from end to beginning, Owen jokes. That way, no one dies, and it's always a happy ending.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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New York City
New York
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Charlotte
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Liz
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Owen

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