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"Absolutely precious book. It's short, it's sweet, it's hopeful. It made me hungry! I find myself absolutely delighted by a love story that is about the love between friends rather than romantic love. "The less we cement ourselves to our certaintie..."
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When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter--as well as a gift of saffron--to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper...
In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing...
"I loved how unique and self-aware the protagonist's voice was in this novel! It made for a mystery unlike any I've ever read. I thought the twist had good layers to it, but honestly, the book went on too long after the "big reveal" for my taste. I..."
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