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Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. But...
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In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the lives of Toby and Lou Maytree. She presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding...
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by Andrew Sean Greer

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From the bestselling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San...
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