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How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Funeral
Loss
Hold
Half
Death
Heart
Bereavement
Something
Bury
Would
Choosing

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