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When she slept, she looked peaceful, beautiful. Not Lena's kind of beautiful, something different. She looked content - like a sunny day, a cold glass of milk, an unopened book before you cracked the binding.

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Kami Garcia
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 25
Artist
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Something
Glasses
Lena
Like
Content
Slept
Looked
Binding
Cold
Cracked
Beautiful
Sunny
Book
Milk
Different
Glass
Kind
Peaceful
Unopened

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