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When she looked in the mirror these days, she saw someone she didn't recognize...She saw an old woman trying to be beautiful, her skin dry and her wrinkles like cracks. She looked like a very well-dressed winter apple.

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Trying
Saws
Apples
Like
Days
Mirror
Woman
Skin
Didn
Skins
Wrinkles
Beautiful
Mirrors
Dressed
Someone
Winter
Apple
Wells
Recognize
Dry
Well
Looked
Cracks

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