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He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Single
Stupid
Every
Things
Love
Unfathomable
People
Flawed
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Conditions

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