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Two novellas--"Ordinary Love," about a woman whose loses custody of her children because of a brief love affair, and "Good Will," in which one man's created paradise blinds him to his family's disintegration
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"The emotional and moral complexity that [Jane Smiley] uncovers in the characters of these resonant novellas confirms [her] singular talent. ORDINARY LOVE & GOOD WILL is an extraordinary achievement."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDORDINARY LOVEAt a reunion with her grown children, a woman recalls the long-ago affair that ended her relationship with their father--and changed all their lives irrevocably.GOOD WILLDespite the carefully self-sufficient life he has designed for his small family, a man discovers that even the right choices have unexpected consequences--sometimes heart-breaking ones.From the Paperback edition.
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