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Life could be cruel enough these days without the truth making it worse.

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Berri
South Australia
Australia
Life
Cruel
Worse
Days
Making
Truth
Without
Enough

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