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Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
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Still
Life
Drown
Burn
Lies
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