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On the surface, we're polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we're the same: people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

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
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Opposites
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Getting
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Always
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