A Widow for One YearRichly comic as well as deeply disturbing, this is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief. |
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The Inadequate Lamp Shade | 3 |
A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound | 11 |
Unhappy Mothers | 21 |
Copyright | |
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