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The tigers wife, tea obreht the tigers wife is the debut novel of serbianamerican writer tea obreht. She was born in the former yugoslavia in 1985 and spent time in cyprus and egypt before coming to the united states when she was 12. Tea obreht the tigers wife tea obrehts debut novel set in a balkan country scarred by war. Meandering, enchanting, tragic, and hopeful, the tigers wife makes for. The bestselling author of the tigers wife returns with a bracingly epic.
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