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Apr 26, 20222 minThe Women of Troy by Pat BarkerThe Trojan War has left destruction in its wake. The city is defeated, its men have been murdered, and the women enslaved. But the Greek...
Apr 19, 20223 minThe Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante“Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly,” is the brutal opening line of Elena Ferrante’s most...