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Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Things
Never
Secrets
Men
Secret
Tell
Keep
Stories
Women
Best

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