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AN IMPORTANT COMIC NOVEL OF AMERICAN FAMILY EXPERI·
ENCE BY THE WELL KNOWN POET, SHORT STORY WRITER
AND EDITOR
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Family Life
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" RUSSELL BANKS HAS WRITIEN A WISE AND AMUSING
~ARA.
BLE OFTHE HANG·UPS OF GROWN·UPS IN THE 1970·S. FAMILY
LIFE IS A HIP FAIRY TALE FOR THE DISENCHANTED."
RONALD SUKENICK
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THE EAGERLY AWAITED FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF
FORTY WHACKS AND EGGS
Fanny Howe
First Marriage
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