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2019 selection · Fiction & literature
Bowlaway: A Novel
Bowlaway: A Novel by Elizabeth McCracken appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, fiction, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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