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The Spectators by Jennifer duBois

The Spectators

by Jennifer duBois

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Apr 2, 2019, 352 pages

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- Literary Fiction
- USA
- New England, USA
- New York State
- 20th Century (multiple decades)
- LGBTQ+
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