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Ben Arzate

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Ben Arzate writes and lives life. Sometimes he forgets to do the latter.

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	The Story of the Y 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saying Goodbye by Ben Arzate (Goodreads Author), S.C. Burke (Goodreads Author) (Artist) 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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