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Janie calls Cabel. Hi, uh, Mom, she says. Cabel snorts. Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard? Yeah. Barely. Janie grins into the phone.

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Lisa McMann
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: February 27
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Holland
Michigan
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Cabel
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Yeah
Blizzard
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