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Rainstorms are incredible: falling shards of glass, the air full of diamonds.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Diamond
Glass
Incredible
Falling
Glasses
Air
Rainstorms
Full
Shards
Fall
Diamonds

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