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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
Author
Novelist
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Berri
South Australia
Australia
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Evening
Star
Rain
Summer
Stars
Light
Parched
Earth
Drops
Firsts
Breeze

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