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She dropped her shyness like a nightgown, and in the liquid glare of sunlight on old boards she held up her hands-as if, in the terror of the upcoming skirmish, she had at last understood that she was beautiful. In her own way.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Beautiful
Dropped
Hands
Sunlight
Way
Boards
Skirmish
Like
Held
Nightgown
Terror
Upcoming
Understood
Glare
Lasts
Shyness
Last
Liquid

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