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She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Bird
Enough
Migrate
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Flocks
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Birds
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