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I understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it you can patch it smooth and clear but you always know what's hidden underneath.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Clear
Indelible
Understand
Patch
History
Patches
Better
Underneath
Always
Smooth
Mask
Hidden
Imagine

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