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The story is set in a postapocalyptic world, date and place unnamed, though the reader can assume its somewhere in what was the united states because the man tells the boy that theyre walking the state roads. Rivers lend themselves to stories, and stories lend themselves to books. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Spencer endless love traces the lives of two couples through snapshots of parties throughout their marriages that turn equally painful and. River under the road river under the road audiobook, by scott spencer. River under the road scott spencer this book s chapters are parties, of them between 1976 and 1990.
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