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When misfortune accumulated, I could feel now, it strafed you to the thinness of...
Author:
Lorrie Moore
Book:
A Gate at the Stairs
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When misfortune accumulated, I could feel now, it strafed you to the thinness of a nightgown, sheared you to the sheerness of a slip.
( Lorrie Moore )
[ A Gate at the Stairs ]
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