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Three children lay on the rocks at the water's edge.A dark-haired girl, two boys, slightly older.This image is caught forever in my memory, like some fragile creature preserved in amber.
Three children lay on the rocks at the water's edge.A dark-haired girl, two boys, slightly older.This image is caught forever in my memory, like some fragile creature preserved in amber.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Juliet Marillier
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Juliet Marillier: documented birth year 1948; activity date not established. Wikidata Q460187, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460187 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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