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He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Long
Way
Love
Closed
Fell
Eyes
Eye

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