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Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Running
Love
Betrayed
Kept
Pride
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