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EDITOR’S Note

ABOUT NINETY PAGES INTO JULIA PHILLIPS’S NEW NOVEL, , I encountered one of those put-down-the-book- and-stare passages that anyone who is passionate about reading and writing savors. This particular paragraph concerns the two sisters at the novel’s heart, Sam and Elena, who

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