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When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader sympathies get really interesting.
Sara Zarr
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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
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Cleveland
Ohio
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