Part 4, Chapter 3 (p. 126)
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There occurred an incident that struck me at the time as some kind of supernatural event, but seems to me in retrospect to have been perhaps some kind of fit.
— Emily St. John Mandel
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About Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist.
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