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Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

Sara Sheridan

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
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Books
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Mind
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