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It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Thinking
Daughter
Whose
Easy
Matter
Hard
Sometimes
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Think

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