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The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.

Janet Fitch

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Janet Fitch
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
Stories
Everything
Take
Exactly
Life
Gave
Missing
Knew
Story
Away

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without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life.
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