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I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Books
Though
Felt
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Belonged
Sigh
Breathing
Lived
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