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Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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Novelist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Probably
Lying
Dream
Soul
Drift
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