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2024 selection · Nonfiction
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne appears in NPR’s 2024 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, biography & memoir, staff picks, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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