Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a year) by the Ocean
Author: Hilary Liftin
A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time.Close friends and former college roommates, Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery promised to write when Kate’s Peace Corps assignment took her to Africa. Over the course of a single year, they exchanged an offbeat and moving series of….Read More
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