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Tessa Hadley Reads “The Maths Tutor”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Unforgiving Clarity of Life

Lorraine locked up some might have been significant portion of herself pushing it deep down inside where it was lost. She seemed to take up residence then in some front part of her mind behind her eyes where perception was shrewd and hard and shallow. Callum passed his maths exam. Lorraine got him to sign a card with their thanks and centic care of the agency which must have passed it on because Greg sent back a postcard address to Callum with nothing on the back except his congratulations. When Callum finished his A-levels he came to work for his parents. Even after the tech bubble burst and the platform was sold to a bigger Blanda European company Quent and Lor

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