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Name: July, July
Author: Tim O'Brien

At the thirty‑th reunion of Minnesota's Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends gather for a July weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regret. Over the three decades since graduation, they have experienced marriage and divorce, raised children, built careers, and faced the hopes that were deferred or abandoned.

First publish date: 2002

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: Tim O'Brien

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