title: The Book of Jupiter
author:  Marilyn Waram 
description: Marilyn Waram practices Astrology and reads Tarot cards in British Columbia. The mother of three children, Marilyn also loves the outdoors, ballroom dancing, and health foods.
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   **PART I**
  
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   **HOT JUPITER**
  
   **Chapter One**
  
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  tornado, one where if you brushed the walls you would be obliterated down to
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