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In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Days
Pauses
Possible
Collection
School
Collections
Anything
Weeks
Everything
Happenings
Long
Happening
Time
Summer
Pause
Week
Stretching

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