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Picturing the Wreck

by Dani Shapiro · 1337

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Estranged from his wife and child for 30 years following an affair with one of his patients, a Jewish psychoanalyst begins a journey toward redemption which leads him to Los Angeles in search of a reconciliation with his son.

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father sonfather sonMore like thisLess of this
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Los AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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