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Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer

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Jenny Han
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 3
Novelist
Writer
Richmond
Virginia
Winters
Months
August
Week
June
Simply
Magical
Next
Weeks
Happens
Count
Everything
Winter
Good
Time
Summer

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