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Torn between fear and something that resembled love, she wrestled with questions she never dreamed she would face: How could she leave? Then again, how could she stay?

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Faces
Resembled
Fear
Wrestled
Something
Dreamed
Never
Torn
Questions
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Stay
Love
Leave
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