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The Body In Question: A Novel

by Jill Ciment

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

The Body In Question: A Novel by Jill Ciment appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, family matters, let’s talk about sex, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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