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Lucy Gayheart
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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- Ionthepage
- 24-04-22
Dazzlingly sad
The reading of this boos was flawless. The book itself was heartbreaking yet glittering in its telling of the one human truth—free will.