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If you want to heal Heal others And smile or weep At this very happy reversal of fate

Muriel Barbery

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Anfa
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Reversal
Weep
Heal
Smile
Fate
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