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

Allegra Goodman Reads “The Last Grownup”

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

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Richard's Remarrying

Deborah's ex-husband, Richard, was already living with his girlfriend. He'd stopped sneaking cigarettes and they were making pizza from scratch. Deborah approved of the move but knew it would sting when he remarried to a woman half his age. She told her therapist Suzanne that sometimes there is nothing to be done with feelings but to feel them. But what can I do about it? Do you always have to do something? Suzanne answered.

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