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Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

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Gone mad is what they say, and sometimes Run mad, as if mad is a direction, like west; as if mad is a different house you could step into, or a separate country entirely. But when you go mad you don’t go any other place, you stay where you ...more

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“This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

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― Lorrie Moore

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