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Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Escape
Wasn
Sometimes
Good

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