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In winter the very ground seemed to reach up and grab the elderly, yanking them to earth as though hungry for them.

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Louise Penny
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 1
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
Grab
Hungry
Winter
Seemed
Ground
Reach
Though
Yanking
Earth
Elderly

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