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When you're alone, it's easier, she said a little wistfully. You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
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