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Cannery Row

Writer: Kathy Miller
Kathy Miller
Jul 31, 2024
1 min read

John Steinbeck, 1945

Date read: 7/31/24


This is another one like The Heart is a Lonely Hunter or Winesburg, Ohio that isn't actually a novel, because there is no overarching plot or story. It is called a "slice of life" which is just vignettes. I didn't dislike it, but I definately prefer novels with stories and plots.

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