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Hayley is compelled to rely on her own resources to solve a deepening mystery while at the same time evading detection by powerful conspirators hell-bent on determining their sole adversary's identity

In her characteristically edgy and irreverent voice

But after living through it and hearing the stories of hundreds of other couples

For the Time Being Lan Medina and authoritative account of history'sWith her keen eye, penchant for paradox, and yearning for truth, Dillard renews our ability to discover wonder in life's smallestand often darkestcorners. Why do we exist? Where did we come from? How can one person matter? Dillard searches for answers in a powerful array of images: pictures of bird headed dwarfs in the standard reference of human birth defects; ten thousand terra cotta figures fashioned for a Chinese emperor in place of the human