Chapter 5 “We Wear Spring Clothes in the Wintertime” (p. 54)
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What was magical at two in the morning was tawdry and cheap and dangerous to your health at two in the afternoon.
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Nominated for the 2019 Campbell Memorial Award and the 2019 Hugo Award.
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About Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente (born Bethany Thomas; May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic.
About Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente (born Bethany Thomas; May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic.
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