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My memories of them had rubbed thin with overuse, worn to frail color transparencies flickering on the walls of my mind...

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Tana French
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 10
Actor
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Burlington
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Mind
Frail
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Thin
Worn
Walls
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Overuse
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Flickering
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