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This is what happens when you fall in love. You're looking at a natural disaster.

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
Fall
Happens
Love
Disaster
Looking
Natural

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