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The Bag Lady Photos

In an excerpt from her new book The Bag Lady Papers, Alexandra Penney on the depressing aftermath of losing her fortune to Bernie Madoff and the manifold indignities of downward mobility.

Published Feb. 8 2010 9:38AM EST

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