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Wickett's Remedy by Myla Goldberg

Wickett's Remedy

A Novel

by Myla Goldberg
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  • First Published:
  • Sep 20, 2005, 336 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Oct 2006, 368 pages
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A novel that beautifully combines the intimate and the epic

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This review was originally published in The BookBrowse Review in September 2005, and has been updated for the November 2006 edition. Click here to go to this issue.

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