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A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right.

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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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Lying
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Never
Toffee
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