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National Character National A ugust/Se ptemb er 2 008 National Character OCTAVIA BOOKS and deadly business: 513 Octavia Street Made in the U.S.A. Lutie McFee’s history Kharkov is an arms New Orleans, LA 70115 has taught her to avoid dealer and he is about 504-899-READ (7323) attachments ... to people, to deliver Russia’s octaviabooks.com to places, and to almost most sophisticated [email protected] everything. With her weapons to al- Qaeda mother long dead and her … and the clock is STORE HOURS father long gone to fi nd ticking fast. Open 10 am - 6 pm his fortune in Las Vegas, Monday - Saturday 15-year-old Lutie lives in America, America Sunday 12 Noon - 5 pm the god-forsaken town of From bestselling author Spearfi sh, South Dakota with her twelve-year-old brother, Ethan Canin comes America, America ($27, Random Mag Fate, and Floy Satterfi eld, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of azine House, 978-0-679-45680-3), a stunning novel set in a S t. her father. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, small town during the Nixon era about America and Const ance S while shopping, Floy keels over and the two motherless t. family, politics and tragedy, and the impact of fate on kids are suddenly faced with becoming wards of the state. t. a young man’s life. In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the ve. S t. Choosing instead to hightail it out of town, they head to n A ia son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the h S so av sep Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, ct grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Through Jo O Jeffer no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he the family’s generosity, he becomes a student at a private Laurel St. left behind. Made in the U.S.A. ($24.99, Grand Central, boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator 978-0-446-52901-3) by Billie Letts is an unforgettable story of who is running for president. 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