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Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
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Another
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Surely
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Somewhere
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