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Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling.

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Pam Brown
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 1
Performing Artist
Poet
Writer
Seymour
Victoria
Australia
Surprise
Smiles
Incredulity
Telling
Sigh
Sighs
Expression
Tale
Perfected
Words
Sisters
Sisterhood
Snarls
Language
Shocked
Undermine
Gasps
Need
Sarcastic
Sibling
Winks
Needs
Sister
Disbelief
Frowns
Tales
Expressions
Sorority

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