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I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made, and I knit wet, swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down.

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Laurie Beth Halse
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Afternoon
Swollen
Ever
Awful
Knit
Look
Reasons
Emma
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Angry
Slipped
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Sun
Elijah
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Mistake
Knots
Every
Away
Wet
Apologies
Back
Apology
Stitches

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