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"The attempt here--a novel as expansive as an almanac, with a bit of everything in it--raises Howard's latest sometimes to considerable heights but as often slows it to a crawl through lives and commentary not always interesting enough for the trip...A worthy gathering...that would have offered greater pleasures...at, say, two thirds its length.Howard, Maureen is the author of 'Lover's Almanac Maureen Howard' with ISBN 9780670875979 and ISBN 067087597X.
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