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For the first time in our lives, I’m somewhere she can’t find, and I don’t have the map to give her that leads to me.

Jandy Nelson

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
Somewhere
Lives
Give
Find
Firsts
First
Giving
Maps
Time
Leads

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