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My first published book, Story of a Girl, was the fourth book I wrote.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Book
First
Published
Fourth
Wrote
Story
Girl
Stories
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