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Lauren Groff Reads “Annunciation”

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

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The Man Who Made Me a Castaway

Anais, the mother of a young girl who is in foster care, told her that she was worried about her daughter. Anais and luce were seen walking through redwood city on their way home from school one day. The little girl had a book tucked under her arm as they walked past anisia's house. As if sensing my anxiety, griselda told me a story about her life once. A very wealthy lover got so mad at her while they were on his yacht in the caribbean that he slipped her a micky. And when she woke up, she was floating on a raft out at sea, sunburned and wearing only a bickini.

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