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While a previous reader found these stories only average, I found them to be an excellent read with memorable characters and interesting plots.
A chronicle of family love.
"Jane Smiley looks at two families whose blissful states are dramatically disrupted in a pair of concise, deceptively dark novellas..."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Two novellas in one book: "With this volume, Jane Smiley ratifies her claim as one of her generation's most eloquent chroniclers of ordinary familial love."
The New York Times
The New York Times
i liked it a lot