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Author: Robert F. Howe

Posted on March 4, 1994March 28, 2017

Mavis Gallant… “I Live in French”

Misshapen beads of the unexpected snow dappled the floor around Mavis Gallant’s chair in the main room of the Select. She had shed her heavy coat and umbrella, and had ordered a coffee when a casually dressed young man approached from behind and tapped her shoulder apologetically.

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