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I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Kids
Adults
Different
Interested
Always
Growing
Think
Universe
Thinking
Process
Difficult
Often
Universes
Two
Teenager

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