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"It's hard to put my thoughts about this book into words. I had avoided reading it the entire time my son was in school. I couldn't do it. I'm glad I waited but am even more pleased that Lionel Shriver wrote it. It's not easy. It's dark. Grim. Ever..."
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"Dark, at times gratuitously off-putting, and occasionally over the top, but still one of the most engaging novels I've ever read. Lionel Shriver has such a gift with language and metaphor, the style alone makes it a great read, and I found myself..."
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"An "elevated" woman who died violently in the 1970s is tasked with comforting those who are at the end of their lives. A challenging charge causes her to grapple with the unfairness of it all.
I liked this book, but I can totally see why others d..."
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"Not for the first time, Jill 'Doll' Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and...
