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Winter 2007 • Vol. XXIX No. 1 • Fiction |

Life Expectancy

By Holly Goddard Jones

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Holly Goddard Jones's debut novel, The Next Time You See Me, will be released in February 12, 2013. She is also the author of Girl Trouble, a collection of short stories. She teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at UNC Greensboro.

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