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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
Writer
New York City
New York
Would
Exist
World
Deep
Beyond
Known
Words
Another
Must
Surely
Way
Somewhere

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