Frances O'Roark Dowell Quotes

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Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years' worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That's why trees smell so beautiful and old.

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Born: May 30, 1964 (age 62)

Bio: Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe, The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In.

Known for:

The Secret Language of Girls (2004)
Dovey Coe (2000)
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (2009)
Shooting the Moon (2008)
Ten Miles Past Normal (2011)

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