Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington
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Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington

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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

by Ed Tarkington

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Like The Wonder Years or A Christmas Story, Tarkington's ability to shine a retrospective light on the painful awkwardness of childhood is masterful and entertaining.

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Home of the American Circus
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Penitence
The Names
The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits
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Honey
We All Live Here
The Leftover Woman
My Friends
The River Is Waiting
Water Baby
The Same Bright Stars
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
What Happened to the McCrays?
Bye, Baby
Swan Song
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