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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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Quit
Feels
Quitting
Always
Pretty
Three
Kids
School
Home
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Spoiled

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