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Bel Canto
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto (1/1/2009)
Not until the last page does a character think about marrying for love and he casts this age old saying into a new light. This book causes us to examine love in its different kinds between characters caught in a strange existence. For some, there is more meaning to their …more
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