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But I knew one more thing. That people w ho denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger.

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Janet Fitch
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
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Thing
People
Denied
Danger
Greatest

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