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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 7pm
Jennifer Haigh - The Condition, A Novel
The new novel from the award-winning author of Mrs. Kimble and Baker Towers, The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer, when their daughter Gwen is diagnosed with Turner’s syndrome, a genetic condition that prevents her from maturing, trapping her forever in the body of a child. Twenty years later, all five family members are still dealing with the fallout. Each believes himself crippled by some secret pathology; each feels responsible for the family’s demise. And Gwen is silent and emotionally aloof, a bright, accomplished woman who makes peace with the hermetic life she’s constructed until, well into her thirties, she falls in love for the first time. And suddenly, once again, the family’s world is tilted on its axis.
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Classical Corner with Cate Hagman
From 1991 until 2005, Cate Hagman worked at Olsson's Bethesda store and focused particularly on classical music, in which she betrayed a decided weakness for early music ensembles, mezzos, and baritones. Since 1995 she has been a political transcriber for a local independent newswire. Read More...
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