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Elizabeth Strout Reads "Motherless Child"

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

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Theodore's Toast

Olive was surprised to hear Christopher say, Mom, when did you get a Subaru? She had put the car in the garage the day before. It was out now because of her trip to the store. Olive stood up and scraped Theodore's uneaten toast into the garbage. The kids have never really seen the ocean, Christopher said. I'd like them to see the main coast. So we'll take two cars.

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