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and practice—for better and for worse

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Set in the bustle of New York City during the Jewish High Holy Days

Ruby has a strange relationship to privilege

The Scent of Pine: A Novel by Lara Vapnyar Dictionaries and practice—for better and forThough only thirty eight, Lena finds herself in the grips of a midlife crisis. She feels lost in her adoptive country, her career is at a dead end, and her marriage has spiraled into apathy and distrustit seems impossible she will ever find happiness again. But then she strikes up a precarious friendship with Ben, a failed artist turned reluctant academic, who is just as lost as she is. They soon surprise themselves by embarking on an impulsive