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Soon, ill have to make a decisionone that will affect my family, my marriage, my whole life. Alice buckle is about to turn 45, her mothers age when she died, and feels so at sea that shes been. A woman who feels lost in her own world stumbles across a california community that has, impossibly, been marooned in. A woman who feels lost in her own world stumbles across a california community that has, impossibly, been marooned in the early 20th century. But at the moment, im too busy answering questions. Wife 22 is a hilariously funny, profoundly moving, and deeply perceptive novel about the ways we live and love in this technological age, from a dazzling new voice in fiction.
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