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She escaped to china when she was 17, and began a life in hiding as an illegal alien. A very lovely song called i and love and you, written by the avett brothers uses the lyric, one foot in and one foot back, but it dont pay to live like that, so i cut the ties and jumped the track, for never to return. The girl with seven names a world away from my own this book was hard to put down what a survivor and a true hero hyeonseo never gave up. The title of this book is the girl with seven names and it was written by hyeonseo lee, david john contributor. The name also affect personal relationships with the universe.
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