Shriver's range and signature strengths

If anyone could write good fiction about immigration, it would probably be Lionel Shriver. Instead, her latest book goes off the rails.

By Adelle Waldman.

From the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠March 2026 issue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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