Elizabeth Benedict Chronicles a Child of Alcoholics in Her New Novel.
Novelist Elizabeth Benedict. Her second novel, The Beginner's Book of Dreams is a coming of age story about a young woman contending with her moody, alcoholic mother, and her dreamer schemer father. Benedict's first novel was titled Slow Dancing.
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