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I Cheerfully Refuse

I Cheerfully Refuse

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Dale Lykins
Sep 11, 2024
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What scares me is the notion we are all one rotten moment, one crushed hope or hollow stomach from stuffing someone blameless in a cage.

That’s my favorite line from I Cheerfully Refuse, by Leif Enger.

This story set in a post-apocalyptic United States and Canada is a mixture of the best and the worst of people.

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