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There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Woven
Ways
Family
Bond
Puncture
Many
Selfishness
Slash
Way
Strongest
Unravel
Greed
Imaginable
Tiny
Tightly
Luck
Rip
Takes

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