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Honey

by Elizabeth Tallent · 1993

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The men and women in Elizabeth Tallent's stories think a great deal about love. They argue about it at the dinner table. They cling to it with talismans. They flirt with strangers or moon impossibly over aunts and cousins.

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In Honey, Elizabeth Tallent animates her characters' predicaments and charts the wild arcs of their longings with breathtaking grace and profound emotional truth.

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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