Published on Jul 29, 2010, 2:30:00 PM
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Private Life (Knopf)
Jane Smiley explores lives limited by repression, narrow scope and boundless ego, describing the sadness of a genius whose work never catches on, and the frustration of a wife whose husband never achieves his potential—and who barely discerns her own
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