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You’re insane, you know that?” he says. “It’s the only thing keeping me afloat,” I say.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Afloat
Keeping
Insane
Says
Thing

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