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Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Air
Outside
Rich
Lemony
Pollen
Fragrant
Sunlight
September
Yellow

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