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I can't do this to you,' he said, drawing back. Emily put her hand on his and pulled the gun to her temple. 'Then do it for me,' she said.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Hands
Back
Emily
Temple
Pulled
Temples
Gun
Drawing
Hand

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