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Bad Dreams And Other Stories

by Tessa Hadley

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Bad Dreams And Other Stories by Tessa Hadley appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, family matters, fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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