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In reply to the discussion: I just read ZORRIE [View all]

japple

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5. Yes! I had the same reaction. It is so beautifully written and I'm wondering if it is based on
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 04:54 PM
Feb 2022

the life of someone near and dear to the author. Will have to look up Laird Hunt's bio. Glad you enjoyed it.

I found this Nov. 2021 interview from NPR. He knew women like Zorrie when he went to live with his grandmother in Indiana when he was 13.

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055503620/laird-hunt-proves-life-lays-in-the-seemingly-mundane-through-the-life-of-zorrie

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I just read ZORRIE [View all] hermetic Feb 2022 OP
Thanks! hermetic Feb 2022 #1
I put this one on my TBR hippywife Feb 2022 #2
Actually, that was japple hermetic Feb 2022 #3
Thank you, hermetic... hippywife Feb 2022 #4
Yes! I had the same reaction. It is so beautifully written and I'm wondering if it is based on japple Feb 2022 #5
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