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And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
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Hitting
Trees
Everywhere
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Girls
Tumbling
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Blossoms
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Orange
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Cracks

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