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The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew

The Dry Grass of August

by Anna Jean Mayhew
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  • First Published:
  • Apr 1, 2011, 352 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Apr 2011, 352 pages
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"What won't happen?"

"Hush. I don't want to talk."

Excerpted from The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew. Copyright © 2011 by Anna Jean Mayhew. Excerpted by permission of Kensington. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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