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‘Contents May Have Shifted’ by Pam Houston

By Jane Ciabattari

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  February 26, 2012

Pam Houston’s kaleidoscopic new novel, “Contents May Have Shifted’’, is structured around a series of urgent messages from the pilots of airplanes on the verge of disaster. “I have been in crash position an inordinate number of times,’’ explains its narrator (also named Pam), a woman with a penchant for dangerous travel.

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