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Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Her books include the novel “ I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home .”

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Therese is with her family for Christmas in Bethesda, Maryland, where her parents have recently moved. Therese's younger brother Andrew and his wife …