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It made me alert, like someone had scrubbed mint all over my skin. I'd walk into that stinking, miserable prison and for the next three hours, a wise and beautiful woman would float out of the wreckage of my life, and her words and thoughts and tiniest movements were precious.
It made me alert, like someone had scrubbed mint all over my skin. I'd walk into that stinking, miserable prison and for the next three hours, a wise and beautiful woman would float out of the wreckage of my life, and her words and thoughts and tiniest movements were precious.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Jennifer Egan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jennifer Egan: documented birth year 1962; activity date not established. Wikidata Q264283, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264283 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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