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By Lionel Shriver. A naive young woman makes her first trip and finds herself in peril.

By Lionel Shriver. A naive, freeloading young woman makes her first trip abroad and finds herself in peril. Nancy Crane reads 2014's prize-winning tale.

Lionel Shriver's winning story for this prestigious award for a single short story is about a naïve, young woman who makes her first trip abroad and finds herself in peril. Nancy Crane is the reader.

Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.

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