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On Kate Jennings review: Erik Jensen's appreciation of a great writer
A nuanced and moving portrait emerges of Kate Jennings, a writer whose bracing intensity owes so much to the mother who blighted her life.
A nuanced and moving portrait emerges of Kate Jennings, a writer whose bracing intensity owes so much to the mother who blighted her life.
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