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Gabrielle Zevin
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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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My brain said no. But my heart!
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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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I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know. 'Lass'? Where did that come from? I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.
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