Meridian - Jane Smiley's The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

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Jane Smiley's The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie NewtonJane Smiley's The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

Released On: 07 Jul 1998

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The critic Elizabeth Glick reviews the novel by the Pulitzer prize winner Jane Smiley

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