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When I receive a box of my books, my impulse is to hide rather than display them. It always makes me very anxious that they send so many copies, because I have to think of lots of different places to hide them.

Katie Kitamura

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Katie Kitamura
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: January 1
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