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Thanks for listening. This is the writer's voice, new fiction from the New Yorker. I'm Deborah

Treisman Fiction editor at the New Yorker. On this week's episode of the writer's voice

we'll hear Allegra Goodman read her story Ambrose from the September 30th

2024 issue of the magazine. Goodman has published two story collections and seven novels including

Katterskill Falls which was a National Book Award finalist the chalk artist and

Sam which came out last year. Now here's Allegra Goodman. Lily wants to live in the old days.

Her mom Deborah says,

No you don't, because in the old days all women did was cook and sew and die in childbirth, but Lily still wishes she could travel back in time.

Her older sister Sophie says stop you just hate school and that is true

Lily hates sixth grade.

However, Lily hates other things too,

like parties and kissing games and boys keeping score.

Guess what? Sophie says. There were parties in the old days too.

Sophie is more pragmatic than Lily. Deborah says so on the phone late at night.

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