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Margaret Hermes’ new novel was inspired by backpacking Europe — and 4 decades of gestation

St. Louis on the Air

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Book Review - Is There a Relationship?

This book does have a very unusual structure that i ended up just appreciating so much. We get one chapter about betsy, and then it's followed by a chapter where we get to know somebody that she has met. But also, i think of it as an internal journey as well. I mean, she's encountering herself in these various, a supposedly chance relationships. So that is a big step for somebody who's never left the midwest. Is she prepared for what greets her? Not at all.

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