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Iris Greenfeder, ABD (All But Dissertation), feels the “buts” are taking over her life: all but published, all but a professor, all but married. Yet the sudden impulse to write a story about her mother, Katherine Morrissey, leads to a shot at literary success. The piece recounts an eerie Irish... read more

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My favorite story when I was small, the one I begged for night after night, was "The Selkie."

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  1. Carol Goodman (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 2003
ISBN: 0-345-45090-6
Page Count: 356

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