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I looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone could see them or not.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Shelves
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Scar
Cabinet
Looked
Resting
Hand
Cabinets
Anyone
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Scars

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