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I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless detroit day in january of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near petoskey, michigan, in august of 1974.
-Jeffrey Eugenides
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I Was Born Twice: First, As A

Jeffrey Eugenides
I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless detroit day in january of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near petoskey, michigan, in august of 1974.
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