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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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Ending
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