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Cecile was 11 years old when her mother died in the story one crazy summer(love the book btw.)Delphine learned that it had been Cecile and her mother till she was eleven then her mother died and she moved in with her aunt who kicked Cecile out at the age of 16. When she was homeless she read poems and recited them to herself.
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