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The silence of bonaventure arrow rita leganski paperback. Feb 26, 20 rita leganskis the silence of bonaventure arrow is premised on a tragedy, but the love permeating the story makes it like a safe haven. She teaches a writing workshop at depauls school for new learning and was a recipient of the arthur weinberg memorial prize for a work of historical fiction. Today im a stop on the tlc blog tour for rita leganski s debut, the silence of bonaventure arrow.
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