Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free," Franny said. "I check them out of — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free," Franny said. "I check them out of — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free," Franny said. "I check them out of — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free," Franny said. "I check them out of — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free," Franny said. "I check them out of — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
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Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free," Franny said. "I check them out of the library.""Well, thank God for libraries," Caroline said.

— Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
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