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Sara: You are so brave, I tell her, and then I smile. When I grow up, I want to be just like you. To my surprise, Kate shakes her head hard. Her voice is a feather, a thread. No Mommy, she says. You'd be sick.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Surprise
Voice
Sara
Tell
Brave
Mommy
Hard
Smile
Feather
Like
Sick
Kate
Grow
Feathers
Says
Thread
Head
Shakes
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