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KEEP IT SIIIET - PMELA BHOWN

Keep rt'qDret rB a series of Lllr ploBe pieces in different foms - etoriee, letters,simple descriptione, interior nonologuesr lists - some Just a parzgraph, sone sevela]pa€Bso Alnoet alL are jrt ttre first pereon ancl the ove:gal1 effect is to create animpreesionietic oharaoter study of tle author based on ranrlon menories of eventeand people in her l-ife. Torards the entl of the book a pl.ece ca}leil Een Years rlth theSam6 Dog ercuber:ant1y slrn6 up the authorrs life. Sone of the pieceo seen, at firstreatlingl po5ltleasr auch as ltre Avalon Notes rhich gives a plain alescliptLqr of a ronarraLking on a beach, or the openiig stoqf, Satisfactory, rhich is abcut eryentling timewaitilg at a hoopital while her frientl ls receivln6 tneatment for au lnJua:y. Ilowever,there ig a daring Lu juet dropplng these into the bag of neuories. It unaledinegthe slgnlficanoe for all of us of the geeningly uninportant nments. jl our livesothe rrlting EtyLe le olean anil tight alloring the events to slrine tliroudr rlthoutany floritl or poEey illstractldr.Fron rYou Wake into I

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