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“To Sunland” by Lauren Groff

Posted on June 28, 2022

A young woman on her way to college travels by bus from her small town to a home for the mentally disabled on her way to college, burning bridges as she goes.

This feels a little like a Eudora Welty or Flannery O’Connor story, with its broadly drawn Southern Gothic characters and moral ambiguity. The main character’s ruthlessness is both admirable and stunning; I think she’ll succeed. Groff definitely writes some interesting and challenging stories.

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