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I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?
Laurie Halse Anderson
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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
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Laurie Beth Halse
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