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Lannan Award-winner Kincaid (Lucy) here offers a lyrical reverie on the doomed marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Sweet, a Caribbean-born writer and gardener and a New York City composer who are raising their children in Shirley Jackson's former home in a quaint Vermont town. It reads like a meditation, with strong allusions to Greek mythology and poetic repetitions that recall Homeric refrains. The title refers to the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More