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"We had moved cross-country from upstate New York to Kansas in the heat wave of 1980, with two cars, ..." — Kevin Young

We had moved cross-country from upstate New York to Kansas in the heat wave of 1980, with two cars, no air-conditioning, and a black dog. I can still see the infernal temperature of a hundred and nineteen degrees on a bank sign somewhere near Ohio.
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