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It sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
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Getting
Facts
Basics
Doe
Sounded
Everything
Bare
Bones
Stupid
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