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The mountain trees that grew between the pines were a brilliant blaze of fall colors, like fire against the emerald green of the pines, firs and pruces. And it was, as I'd told myself long ago, the year's last passionate love affair before it grew old and died from the frosty bite of winter.

The mountain trees that grew between the pines were a brilliant blaze of fall colors, like fire against the emerald green of the pines, firs and pruces. And it was, as I'd told myself long ago, the year's last passionate love affair before it grew old and died from the frosty bite of winter.

Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern

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V.C. Andrews
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Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for V. C. Andrews: documented activity in 1972. Wikidata Q275955, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275955 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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