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The sky is already purple the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Already
Handful
Stars
Edge
Someone
Silver
Firsts
Thrown
First
Edges
World
Suddenly
Sky
Appeared
Across
Purple

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