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We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Abandoned
Watched
Stood
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