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Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.
Suzanne Collins
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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
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Hartford
Connecticut
Suzanne Marie Collins
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