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“A TOUCHING, ELEGIAC COLLECTION OF STORIES about infidelity, about the weight of family, about the dwindling of years, about the heart and other organs. . . . <Updike> works so slowly and carefully that you rarely see the emotional punches coming.” – Newsweek “THESE STORIES SHARE A... read more
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PIERCE JUNCTION was an isolated New Hampshire town somewhat dignified by the presence of a small liberal-arts college; we survived by clustering together like a ball of snakes in a desert cave.
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- John Updike (Author)
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