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"Surprisingly deep considering the author could have just coasted on the Richard-Scarry-Busytown-meets-serial-killer bit. Worth it if you don't mind your stories on the macabre side."
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One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels "A coming-of-age masterpiece." --Boston Globe "It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal." --USA Today Sylvia...
"Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Her mother has just passed away, her brother is newly married, and now that the Great War is over, she has been asked to give up managing the estate she helped to run when the men all joined the army. It...
"A novel made up of the letters and emails of a lifelong letter-writer. Getting to know Sybil, a smart, stubborn, curious, regretful, and delightful 74-year-old retired legal clerk was one of the highlights of the year."
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