The Corrosive Stigma of Aloneness: On Jill Bialosky’s “The Deceptions”
Elaine Margolin reviews Jill Bialosky’s new novel “The Deceptions.”
Elaine Margolin is a book critic whose work was appeared in many venues, including Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, Denver Post, and San Francisco Chronicle, as well as many literary journals. She lives in Hewlett, New York.
Elaine Margolin reviews Jill Bialosky’s new novel “The Deceptions.”
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