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Goodreads asked Autumn Doerr:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Autumn Doerr When I lived in San Francisco in the '80s there was a terrible fire at the old Jack Tar hotel on Van Ness Avenue. It sparked an idea, so to speak.

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