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Sometimes things don't turn out the way you want them to, Haven. Sometimes the people you choose to believe are wrong.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Turns
Sometimes
Believe
Way
Havens
Things
Haven
People
Choose
Turn
Wrong

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