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She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi, and she always smelled faintly of cottonwood and peaches.

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
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Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Tears
Came
Faintly
Always
Smelled
Peaches
Mississippi
Cried
Southern
Straight

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