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Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt

Cruel Beautiful World examines the intricate, infinitesimal distance between seduction and love, loyalty and duty.

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    From the author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry comes a novel that will have everyone talking.
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