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There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home.
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 8
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Detroit
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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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