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She was his soulmate, as much a part of him as the very flesh and bone that made him. She was with him, in him, in everything he did. She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.

Jennifer Donnelly

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
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Novelist
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Port Chester
New York
Bone
Everything
Much
Measure
Made
Bones
Life
Flesh
Dreams
Dream
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Wanted

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