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When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Remember
March
Firsts
Snow
First
Suddenly
Feels
Warm
Like
Eternity
Calves
Summer
Backs
Hair
Smiles
Part
Bare

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