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And he made love to her, offering his body in both tenderness and anger, unsure which was the best way to pass her bits of his soul so that she could patch her own with it

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Body
Unsure
Best
Patch
Soul
Patches
Made
Tenderness
Way
Offering
Love
Pass
Anger
Bits

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