My Dear You: Stories Allergies ) Cleopatra had a child

) Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protégé

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The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end

My Dear You: Stories Allergies ) Cleopatra had a childFrom the author of New York Times bestseller Real Americans, a brilliant short story collection about love, life, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it's so easy to be someone else "I couldn't stop reading these sly, poignant, very funny stories about intimacy and friendship, work and death, longing and connection. Rachel Khong's writing is so agile and fluid and charming that it can sneak up on you and knock you out." Charles Yu,