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I cry for everything I abandoned and because I, too, have been left behind -- by Alex, by my mom, by time that has cut through our worlds and separated us.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Behinds
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Alex
Left
Separated
Everything
Abandoned
Time
Worlds
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Mom
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