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Bruises mapped my body from bumping into tables and tripping over curbs while walking with a book in my hand, my eyes focused on the pages instead of the live space around me.

Rachel Cohn

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Silver Spring
Maryland
Around
Pages
Curbs
Body
Walking
Bumping
Live
Instead
Mapped
Book
Hand
Tripping
Eyes
Bruises
Space
Curb
Eye
Tables
Hands
Focused

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