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It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.

Lisa Unger

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Lisa Unger
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 26
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Novelist
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New Haven
Connecticut
Lisa Miscione
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Taffy
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