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So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA 'I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.' TRIS
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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Veronica Anne Roth
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