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She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star.

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
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Berri
South Australia
Australia
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Summer
Stars
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Parched
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Breeze
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Evening
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