...as it turned out, growing up was just as she'd feared. One day when…

Jodi Picoult
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...as it turned out, growing up was just as she'd feared. One day when your alarm clock rang, you got up and realized you had someone else's thoughts in your head... or may be just your old ones, minus the hope.
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