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Make Someone Happy
- Favorite Postings
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Berg
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, World Literature
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Publisher's Summary
This is a collection of Elizabeth Berg's most-loved Facebook posts. She was asked by many to put these short essays into book form, to create something to "take to the beach, or bed, or on an airplane". Elizabeth and her friend, Phyllis Florin, happily complied, and they hope that their offering will be as welcome as flowers in a mailbox.