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Because for that day, I really did become Lulu. Maybe not from the film or the real Louise Brooks, but my own idea of what Lulu represented. Freedom. Daring. Adventure. Saying yes.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
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California
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Daring
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Freedom
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