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Why We Came To The City

by Kristopher Jansma

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Why We Came To The City by Kristopher Jansma appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, book club ideas, love & romance, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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