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Goodman's deft sense of character brings alive an appealing and engrossing cast, fleshed out by nuances of place and time.
In Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman, author of The Family Markowitz turns her pen to the intimate details of a close-knit Jewish summer community in the Catskills. Goodman's deft sense of character brings alive an appealing and engrossing cast, fleshed out by nuances of place and time.
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