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hermetic

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7. The Lacuna

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 07:38 AM

Dec 2015

Glad you finally got a chance to read it. It truly is timely which really illustrates what a genius Kingsolver is. It didn't make me sad so much as it made me furious. I remember the HUAC investigations and accusations even though I was just a kid. The fact it was all bs was plain to me even back then. Certainly shaped who I am today.

I was saddened, of course, by the deaths in the story.

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