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The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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