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It's like a Venn diagram of tragedy.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Tragedy
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don’t mistake a new place for a new you.
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My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and am so disconnected from that process that it seems almost imaginary. With 'How to Save a Life', I worked closely with Usborne editors and have been involved in the publicity.
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It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.
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