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I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Lioness
Claws
Manage
Teeth
Wonder
Away

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