Dept. of Speculation Condition:Good draws parallels between Graham's examples

draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines

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set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years

she describes her triumphs and her disappointments

Dept. of Speculation Condition:Good draws parallels between Graham's examplesDept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill's heroine, referred to in these pages as simply "the wife," once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Speculation, their code name for all the uncertainty that inheres in life and in the strangely fluid confines of a