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Girl Trouble
By Holly Goddard Jones
368 pages; Harper Perennial
The eight stories collected here poignantly dissect a group of trapped people—mothers, lovers, students, dads—all doing the best they can. Theirs is the smallest of ponds, stretching as far as Western Kentucky University for those with good grades and to the factory down the street for those without.... Read more
368 pages; Harper Perennial
The eight stories collected here poignantly dissect a group of trapped people—mothers, lovers, students, dads—all doing the best they can. Theirs is the smallest of ponds, stretching as far as Western Kentucky University for those with good grades and to the factory down the street for those without.... Read more
From the July 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine