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Reba Buhr can't correctly pronounce the California city of Marin, but she sure can modulate her versatile voice to match the various ages and backgrounds of the women and girls who populate the 16 stories of Lazarin's superb debut collection. Buhr embodies youth in "Appetite," about a teenager's first love after her mother's death; in "Spider Legs," about a 17-year-old Manhattanite's Paris reunion with her mother and older siblings; and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More