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I am not breaking my rules,' I snapped, hating that I'd ended up on the advice-recieving end of things, jumping from Dear Remy to Confused in Cincinnati all in one summer.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Confused
Dear
Remy
Rules
Cincinnati
Summer
Snapped
Advice
Hating
Hate
Jumping
Ends
Breaking
Things
Ended

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