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Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Scared
Shy
Risk
Jumping
Challenges
Wing
Getting
Airplane
Jobs
Climbing
Away
Onto
Life
Determined
Wings

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