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Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. You lost this, he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. I'm shedding.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
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Dress
Shedding
Winning
Dresses
Lent
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Scarlet
Lost
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Behind
Slightly
Single
Embarrassed
Giggled
Bits
Walked
Sequins

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