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But in college at Case Western Reserve University she was smitten by philosophy and upon graduation moved to New York City to study philosophy at Columbia grad school. At fifty, Alix Kates Shulman, author of the celebrated feminist novel. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Alix attended public schools and planned to be a lawyer like her dad. A memoir of spiritualism and self-discovery from the acclaimed, award-winning author.
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