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In Like Life ’s eight exquisite stories, Lorrie Moore’s characters stumble through their daily existence. These men and women, unsettled and adrift and often frightened, can’t quite understand how they arrived at their present situations. Harry has been reworking a play for years in his... read more

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For the first time in her life, Mary was seeing two boys at once.

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Two Boys
Vissi d'Arte
Joy
You're Ugly, Too
Places to Look for Your Mind
The Jewish Hunter
Starving Again
Like Life

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This is book 257 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

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  1. Lorrie Moore (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0375719164
Page Count: 178

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