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I wish my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if something broke, the whole thing wouldn't come apart.

Janet Fitch

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Janet Fitch
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
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Knotted
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