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My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Ends
Began
Character
Characters
Back
Usually
Book
Growth
Different
Bring
Trying
Books
Gone
Point
Familiar

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