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Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside?

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Carry
Inside
Stories
People
Drawn

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