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Caroline Woods

The Lunar Housewife

By Caroline Woods - Published 2022

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A novel within a novel is tricky business. For one thing, both stories must be compelling. Secondly, they should be mutually relevant, each ...Read Review

Fraulein M.

By Caroline Woods - Published 2017

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Berni and Grete Metzger live at St. Luisa’s Home for Girls; for Berni, the deprivation and rules leave her longing for an ...Read Review

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