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A Memoir
by Margaux Fragoso
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Published May 2011
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by Lily King
Published May 2011
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by Augusten Burroughs
Published Jun 2003
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by Janet Fitch
Published May 2000
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by Elizabeth Strout
Published Feb 2000
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