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Dead bodies are such trouble,” Evie said with a little sigh, and Mabel had to turn her head away so as not to laugh.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Turns
Sigh
Away
Bodies
Littles
Laugh
Body
Laughing
Little
Dead
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Trouble
Head
Evie

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