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Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.

Scott Turow

Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.

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About Scott Turow

Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Turow’s novels are set primarily among the legal community in the fictional Kindle County. Films have been based on several of his books.