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Family and Other Accidents by Shari Goldhagen

Family and Other Accidents

by Shari Goldhagen
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  • Apr 4, 2006, 272 pages
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Shari Goldhagen is a native Ohioan who holds a lot of writing degrees from Big Ten Schools in the Midwest: A journalism degree from Northwestern and an MFA from Ohio State. She currently lives in New York City where she teaches fiction and works as a freelance writer.

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