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With this remarkable third collection, Smith establishes herself among the best poets of her generation.

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Shielded by his mother and sisters from his father’s obsessive construction of a haunted house attraction, young Noah considers an ultimate sacrifice when he chooses to acknowledge a monster that his family members have tried to ignore.

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