The Hour of Daydreams, by Renee Macalino Rutledge
“Renee Macalino Rutledge builds her debut novel on the bedrock of fairy tales”: Christi Craig on The Hour of Day Dreams, out this week from Forest Avenue Press.
“Renee Macalino Rutledge builds her debut novel on the bedrock of fairy tales”: Christi Craig on The Hour of Day Dreams, out this week from Forest Avenue Press.
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