Trying
Bridie O'Donell is a 17-year-old day student at St. Benedict's whose home is in northern Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C. Bridie is friendly…
Mary Robison's "Trying": the effort examined, minimalist fiction about maximum struggle.
September 8, 1986
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