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Rebecca Makkai Reads “The Plaza”

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

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The Importance of Money

The child was six. Without asking Ali bought her a little dog, an ugly, wrinkly creature. She believed in room service as if it were an atmospheric phenomenon. Stewart suggested that they vacation in the south of France without the child. They spent four weeks in B.R. Eats and when they returned, she discovered that the child had used up all her lipstick.

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