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I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled

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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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Spoiled
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Quit
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Quitting
Always
Pretty
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