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Perhaps I'm dead. Perhaps this is all it will be. The living will carry on in their world – touching, walking. And I'll continue in this empty world, tapping soundlessly on the glass between us.
Jenny Downham
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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Inner and Outer London
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