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2023 selection · Fiction & literature

The Happy Couple

by Naoise Dolan

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, love & romance, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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