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For the first time in weeks, Park didn't have that anxious feeling in his stomach on the way home from school, like he had to soak up enough Eleanor to keep him until the next day.
Rainbow Rowell
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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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