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It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Moments
Starks
Someone
Stark
Truth
Hits
Always
Ugly
Pure
Lasts
Last
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Unsettling

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