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The sound of her laughter was sticky as sap, the smell of night-blooming jasmine soft as a milk bath.

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Janet Fitch
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
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LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
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Sticky
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Laughter
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