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Me, I was already jaded and tarnished, skeptical that a fantasy world could keep reality at bay.

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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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Tarnished
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Skeptical
Fantasy

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