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So many bad things have happened to them that they can't trust the good things. They have to shove them away before someone can get it back.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Away
Someone
Back
Many
Good
Shove
Things
Trust
Happened
Fear

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