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It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon them all.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Flower
Meadows
Beginning
Storms
Late
Wet
Story
Flowers
Upon
Storm
Place
Drive
Meadow
Stories
Winter
Thriving
Summer
Atlantic

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