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Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

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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
Terror
Hours
Moments
Punctuated
Like
Sheer
Boredom
Turning
Fifty
Flying

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