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Mary mccarthys the group follows eight young women who graduate from vassar in 1933 and the course their lives take over the next seven years. The group by mary mccarthy, first edition abebooks. The first group of papers came to the college in 1985, and since then it has been followed by several large and sig nificant additions. Free download or read online suttree pdf epub book. Mary mccarthy s the group reached the top of the new york times bestseller list in october 1963, and stayed there until february 1964 beating out the latest works of ian fleming, james michener and many other highoctane popular authors. Press the button start search and wait a little while.
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