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There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Spots
Bright
Ones
Told
Dark
Stories
Many

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