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Home / The Miracle of Rosa

The Miracle of Rosa

by Heidi Pitlor
Issue #83
Winter 2000
Most said the scout had discovered Rosa Dean buying toilet paper at the Super Thrifty. Some said she’d been at the Lucky Mart, while others said she’d been eating fried clams with her friends at McManahan’s Fish Fry. Of course...

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