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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

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Is This the Best Ending of the Girls?

I feel like the novel ends in a very complicated but optimistic way. I think it might be her best ending of the three novels so far. It's sort of allowing for sort of the emotional space that they didn't give themselves before. But there was a moment in which Hannah and I forget the fella she likes. That one had a little bit more mileage.

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