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'Alfred & Emily'
by Doris Lessing (HarperCollins) Reviewed by Heller McAlpin
In looking at the lives of her parents, Lessing tests the limits of the memoir genre. In the process, she makes us wonder: What do we really know about others and ourselves? |
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