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That was the way illness appeared in a house, in the corners, in between floorboards, on the hooks in the closet, along with the sweaters and coats.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Way
Closets
Appeared
Coats
Hook
Corners
Floorboards
Illness
Hooks
Along
Sweaters
House
Closet

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