9. Some say narrators ought to start

at the beginning.
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7. The story of my life:

a dollar short, a day late. Remember this.
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6. By the time I discovered the Summer

of Love, it was already over.
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5. I don't live in antebellum Georgia.

I'm a California girl. It's 1968, the summer after the Summer of Love.
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4. I don't spell very well at times,

as evidenced by my first sentence. This is a piece of my story, but not part of the main narrative thread.
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2. Everybody thinks I'm just like her,

but it's not true.
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1. My name is Scarlett.

I was name[d] after Scarlett O'Hara.
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