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My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Grief
Cold
Share
Speak
Nothing
Feel
Feels

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