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it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing your life now from what it used to be.

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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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Sand
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