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Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins.

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Jennifer Egan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 7
Novelist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Children
Always
Jocelyn
Blond
Vitamins
Goes
Rich

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