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This might be for you if you like books that refuse easy answers; you’re fascinated by why people do what they do (even when there’s no clear answer); you embrace portraits of moral and ethical complexity, deeply complex characters, and explorations of good and evil; you’re a fan of suspenseful literary fiction; or you’ve enjoyed books by Liz Moore and/or Chris Whitaker.
A content warning: this book may not be for you if any of the following topics would be triggering: death of a child, murder, the death penalty, or child abandonment.
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