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The Adults by Caroline Hulse

The Adults

by Caroline Hulse
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  • Nov 27, 2018, 368 pages
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  • Nov 2019, 368 pages
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Matt would be expecting her to talk about his suggestion tonight. Though he’d avoided the conversation for weeks, he would expect her to be decisive. They’d had an unspoken agreement in the two years they’d been together that bringing things to conclusion was Alex’s role in their relationship.

Excerpted from The Adults by Caroline Hulse. Copyright © 2018 by Caroline Hulse. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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