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and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the case with Claire. After all, surely a child who grew out of grief would be born with a heavy heart.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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