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After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
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Berri
South Australia
Australia
Librarian
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Bring
Books
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True
Together
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