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Old Crimes baking mother and daughter reach aBeloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as novelsdeeply perceptive, funny, and tragic in equal measureabout crimes large and small. McCorkle, author of the New York Times bestselling Life After Life and the widely acclaimed Hieroglyphics (One of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers Rebecca Makkai), brings us a breathtaking collection of stories that offers an intimate look at the moments when a