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Only the River
Written by Anne Raeff
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Two families in New York and Nicaragua find that, over several generations, they have been mysteriously brought together by their shared past of love, grief, and passion.
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Anne Raeff
ANNE RAEFF is a high school teacher at East Palo Alto Academy, where she teaches English and history. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New England Review, ZYZZYVA, and Guernica, among others. Her first novel is Clara Mondschein’s Melancholia.
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