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So are you moving on now? Is that what brought you to the grand metropolis of Valladolid?” “No. The wind just blew me here.” “What? Like a plastic bag?” “I prefer to think of myself as a ship. Like a sailboat.

Gayle Forman

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