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

Yiyun Li Reads “Wednesday’s Child”

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

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The Story of Rosalie's Water Breaking

Rosalie's water had broken almost eight hours earlier, so there was no reason to panic. She told the woman not to worry, then walked to the end of the car and put the emergency court in place. The passengers were roused out of their inertia, and now they were like actors moving into their assigned roles. But her primary motive for going to Belgium was to visit the Ypres, which had seen hundreds of thousands of deaths during the First World War.

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