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by Amy Scholder (editor)

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Icon by Amy Scholder (editor) appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, love & romance, short stories, essays & poetry, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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