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    Maybe We're Leaving
    Maybe We're Leaving
    Maybe We're Leaving
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    Maybe We're Leaving

    By Jan Balabán

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    A young boy from the housing estates comes across a copse of old oaks to which he can escape, as to an oasis of calm. Although he may forget about it once he becomes an adult and "puts aside the things of childhood," it will remain a locus of balance, decades later, for a single mother struggling with the difficulties of raising the child she lo

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGlagoslav Publications B.V.
    Release dateMar 13, 2018
    ISBN9781911414711
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