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a new york times bestseller

shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize

shortlisted for the 2022 women’s prize for fiction

california book Award Finalist

Time’s #1 Fiction book of the year

A Read with Jenna/Today Show Book Club Pick

A #1 Indie Next Pick

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