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The Invention of Exile by Vanessa Manko

The Invention of Exile

A Novel

by Vanessa Manko
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  • Aug 14, 2014, 304 pages
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  • Jul 2015, 304 pages
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This was Julia.

Julia, setting out plates as thin as coins. January 12, 1919. Nearly a year later they were married.

From The Invention of Exile by Vanessa Manko. Reprinted by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © Vanessa Manko, 2014.

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