Emily

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Emily

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Emily is Currently Reading

How Lucky

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by Will Leitch (Goodreads Author)

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She Didn't See It Coming

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When I Was You

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by Minka Kent (Goodreads Author)

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Emily’s Notes & Highlights

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About Grace by Anthony Doerr

Do we choose who we love?

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Emily’s Quotes

Nathan Hill

“Seeing ourselves clearly is the project of a lifetime.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

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Adult Fiction, African American, Book Club, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Philosophy, Politics, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, and War

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