The Man Behind the Counter

A neighborhood grocer, inscrutable and gruff, lingers mysteriously in my memory

By Lynne Sharon Schwartz | March 4, 2019

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Lynne Sharon Schwartz has published novels, short stories, essays and poems. Her latest book is Truthtelling, a collection of stories.

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