Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard’s first novel was <i>The Living</i> (1992).
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Annie Dillard’s first novel was The Living (1992).

Annie Dillard gets it right twice in her second novel. As well as being the compelling story of a couple who marry just after World War II, The Maytrees is an ode to the unique, open-skied beauty of Provincetown, “the tip of Cape Cod, that exposed and mineral sandspit.”  read more »