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Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper.

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Everything
Bridge
Made
Bridges
Like
Paper
Walking
Since
Death
Felt
Mother
Precarious

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