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The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters

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The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around rather long, book club ideas, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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