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Some Desperate Glory

by Emily Tesh

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Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, book club ideas, rather long, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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