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She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Tree
Dew
Scold
Feeling
Ripped
Gnome
Feelings
Sat
Torturing
Pops
Tossing
Grass
Vaguely
Guilty
Lawn
Air
Damp
Ought
Lawns
Clumps

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