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It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.

Sarah Addison Allen

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Laughing
Streak
Inside
Streaks
Hair
Pink
Pretty
Cake
Anyone
Guess
Light
Laugh
Made
Outside
Like
Sweet
Decorated

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