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When you try rescuing someone and discover they can't be reached, why would you ever throw that back in their face?

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Would
Throw
Discover
Face
Faces
Someone
Back
Ever
Rescuing
Trying
Reached

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