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Life is much different from the days when there were lilies in my mother’s garden, and all my secrets fit into a paper cup.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Secret
Mother
Lilies
Different
Secrets
Much
Cups
Life
Fit
Garden
Paper
Days

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