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Suddenly, it's all too much. Bryn and the bump watch. Vanessa with my high school yearbook. The idea that nothing's sacred. Everything's fodder. That my life belongs to anyone but me.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
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