About This Book
An unforgettable narrative—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and Hamnet—of a family falling apart and coming together with hard-won, life-changing truths about who they really are. “Strange weather brings out strange behavior.” London, 1976. In the thick of a record...
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7h 9m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 9m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 41m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 77,275 words📅 11 days at 30 min/day
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