Trying to Smile and Other Stories
Sara Lewis. Mariner Books, $13 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600395-7
Short fiction from Lewis illuminating moments of change in her characters' lives. (Mar.)
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Reviewed on: 03/04/1996
Genre: Fiction
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