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The Great Divorce

by Valerie Martin · 1994 · 352 pages

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of PROPERTY, with a tale of sex, betrayal and the wilder side of human nature.

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Setting
1990slouisiananew orleans
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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