The School on Heart's Content Road by Carolyn Chute

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A Biography that Goes Cheek-to-Cheek with the Glorious, Glamorous Fred Astaire

By Cathleen Medwick
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Cathleen Medwick reviews The School on Heart's Content Road, a novel offering perspective on the need for justice and mercy, a safe house for the heart.

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