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  <about><![CDATA[I'm the author of [book: THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS], a national bestselling novel,and The Language of Light, a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. My stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and elsewhere, and been read on public radio. I'm working on a new novel, The Ms Bradwells, which will also be published by Ballantine Books. I love to read, and to chat with book groups. If you'd like me to join you group for &lt;a href=&quot;http://megclayton.com/contact.shtml&quot;&gt;a Wednesday Sisters phone chat&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://megclayton.com/contact.shtml&quot;&gt;add yourself to my mailing list&lt;/a&gt;, please contact me &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.megwaiteclayton.com&quot;&gt;on my Website.&lt;/a&gt;]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Eliot, Harper Lee, Sue Miller, Alice McDermott, Ian McEwan, Ann Patchett, Anne Tyler, Richard Russo]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Washington D.C.</hometown>  <born_at>01/01/2001</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Die Farm meines Vaters]]></title>
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