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Jude remembered this pain. Every woman had felt some version of it: the end of first love. It was when you learned, for good and always, that love could be impermanent.

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Firsts
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First
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Every
Remembered
Good
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Always
Woman
Love
Pain
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Impermanent
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Jude

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