Nell Freudenberger, author portrait
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Nell Freudenberger

NELL FREUDENBERGER is the author of the novels Lost and Wanted, The Newlyweds, and The Dissident, and of the story collection Lucky Girls, which won the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Storyand the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in New York, NY.
The Limits
Lost and Wanted
The Newlyweds

Nell Freudenberger: What I'm Reading (author of LOST AND WANTED)

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The Limits
Lost and Wanted
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Nell Freudenberger: What I'm Reading (author of LOST AND WANTED)

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