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Our Kind

by Kate Walbert

ISBN: 0743245601
ISBN-13: 9780743245609
Format: Paperback

Summary

Told in the first person plural, this series of stories narrated by "we" is about a group of aging women friends who have known each other since the 1950s. A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.

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"[S]tarts slowly, then reaches high indeed....Then-and-now prose pieces that, at their best, are among the finest there can be."

   -- Kirkus

"[E]xquisite....[The women] are good company: funny, tough, loyal, tolerant, jaunty even in their cups."    -- Margo Jefferson

   -- New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2004
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Pages: 195

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