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2021 selection · Fiction & literature
Red Island House: A Novel
Red Island House: A Novel by Andrea Lee appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around family matters, identity & culture, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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