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As if at the age of eighteen life already sucked beyond any hope of improvement.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Hope
Life
Sucked
Eighteen
Improvement
Beyond
Already
Age

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