Elizabeth Poliner
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As Close to Us as Breathing
- By: Elizabeth Poliner
- Narrator: Janet Metzger
- Length: 12 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 15, 2016
- Language: English
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A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by “a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely” (Edward P. Jones).
In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline,... Read more
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