Jennifer Egan · 2022
- What it is
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Tender, with a sting · a small story, told up close
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- Science fiction Literary
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Normal People
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Tender until it hurts · sad, and in no hurry
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Lovely, but it stings · it tells it straight
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Tender until it hurts
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Claire North · 2014
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