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The Bag Lady Writes a Book
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.
Alexandra Penney
Published
Feb. 19 2010
3:43PM EST
Alexandra Penney
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