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Anagrams

by Lorrie Moore · 1986

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Disillusioned and loveless, a chain-smoking art history professor who spends her spare time singing in nightclubs and tending to her young daughter finds herself pursued by an erratic, would-be librettist.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
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womenwomenMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 228 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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