Stories I Stole: From GeorgiaAtlantic, 2003 - 288 pages Fed up with working for Time magazine in London, Wendell Steavenson moved to Georgia on a whim. Stories I Stole relates her time there in 20 vodka-fuelled episodes drawn from all over the country - tales of love, friendship and powercuts, of duelling (Georgian style), of horse races in the mountains, wars and refugees, broken hearts, fixed elections, drinking sessions and a room containing a thousand roses. |
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