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Someone
Someone by Alice McDermott appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, for history lovers, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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You want an NPR-recommended fiction, for history lovers, seriously great writing title from 2013.
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