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One True Loves

by Elise Bryant

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One True Loves by Elise Bryant appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, book club ideas, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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