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It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Family
Town
Two
Towns
Ends
Totally
School
Lack
Different
Grow
Think
Grows
Thinking
Friends
People
Funny
Counts

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