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George Saunders Reads Claire Keegan

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Long Shadow of Karl's Words

There's no reason why we couldn't have a child, he said. He watched her closely then and she didn't seem to turn from the idea. Karl felt some of her resistance subsiding and gathered her into his arms. It took more than three weeks before she finally relented and said yes.

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