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The Woman Lit by Fireflies
Narrated by Lorna Raver
Written by Jim Harrison
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The story follows Clare, a fifty-something woman who walks out on her husband at a rest stop in the middle of Iowa. As she spends a night in a cornfield, Clare reflects, with a rueful, humorous voice, on her life and the events that brought her to this moment.

'The Woman Lit by Fireflies' is astounding in its beauty and freedom in expressing with words an emotional response similar to one you might get from a stunning painting. A woman escaping into an endless maze of tall corn rows can do this to you.

“Harrison is unfailingly entertaining but he is much more—a haunting, gifted writer . . . a consummate storyteller."

*ADVISORY: Adult language; adult situations*

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