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Richard Beard

Richard Beard is the author of four novels including Damascus (Vintage/Arcade) and Dry Bones (Vintage), and one book of non-fiction, Muddied Oafs: The Last Days of Rugger (Yellow Jersey).

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 88 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 88 padlock

How to Stop Your Mother-in-Law from Drowning

Richard Beard

‘This is one of those stories about she and you. She is the mother-in-law. You are the man who duped her daughter, or the woman who ensnared her son.’

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