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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
Writer
LA
California
Life
High
Fodder
Anyone
Bump
Idea
Bumps
School
Belongs
Ideas
Suddenly
Everything
Sacred
Nothing
Watches
Vanessa
Much
Watch
Yearbook

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