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Laura Rider's Masterpiece
by Jane Hamilton
kept laughing (9/27/2023)
I love all of Jane Hamilton's novels. If you haven't read "A Map of the World," you should (I just read it for a second ime). "Laura Rider's Masterpiece" had me laughing at every page. Hamilton is a delicious writer: she captures her wonderful characters so well that youmore
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