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Whether she is contemplating promiscuity or The New Testament, lamenting about what she should have said to Oprah or learning to tango, Grealy seduces and surprises the reader at every turn. With the sheer brilliance of her imagination, Grealy leads us on delightful journeys with her wit,... read more

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SOMETIME AROUND MY JUNIOR year in college, a year when I was particularly earnest in my desire to know the meaning of life, and a year when I had just enough education behind me so as to inform and direct but not yet temper or tamp my zeal, it occurred to me that rather than spend my time trying to find the answers, it might be more worthwhile, or at least worth the change in scenery, to focus on the questions themselves.

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  1. Lucy Grealy (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 1582340854
Page Count: 224
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