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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
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Jaded
Skeptical
Fantasy
Already
Keep
Reality
World
Tarnished

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