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She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
Author
Novelist
Writer
Port Chester
New York
Everything
Love
Life
Measure
Dreams
Dream
Wanted

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