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There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.
Laurie Halse Anderson
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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
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Laurie Beth Halse
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Esteem
Forever
Mirrors
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Anorexia
Away
Laugh
Upward
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