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If you value beautiful writing and circular stories, "Alone With You in the Ether" is perfect for you, at least I know it was for me.

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A portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant shows that there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor.

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If what we need now is the kind of story that restores wonder to the world, Tara Isabella Burton's 'Here in Avalon' provides ...

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