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It's not a date. I bought my own drink and I didn't shave my legs.

Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Bought
Legs
Drink
Didn
Shave
Date

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