Benedict, Elizabeth

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May 10, 1988

09:24

Elizabeth Benedict Chronicles a Child of Alcoholics in Her New Novel.

Novelist Elizabeth Benedict. Her second novel, The Beginner's Book of Dreams is a coming of age story about a young woman contending with her moody, alcoholic mother, and her dreamer schemer father. Benedict's first novel was titled Slow Dancing.

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