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All Aunt Hagar's Children

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by Edward P. Jones

All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones X
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones

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    Aug 2006, 416 pages

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    Aug 2007, 416 pages

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There is a regrettably short excerpt from All Aunt Hagar's Children at BookBrowse, but here are links to three complete short stories, originally published in The New Yorker:
Bad Neighbors
A Rich Man
Old Boys and Old Girls.

Did you know?

  • Edward P Jones has dedicated all three of his books to his mother, Jeanette.
  • The "P" stands for Paul.

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This "beyond the book article" relates to All Aunt Hagar's Children. It originally ran in October 2006 and has been updated for the August 2007 paperback edition. Go to magazine.

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