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In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Sister
Kill
Least
Though
Tell

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