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In 'Five-Star Stranger,' a man gets hired on an app to pretend to be a girl's father
NPR's Book of the Day
The Emotional Depth of Rental Relationships
This chapter explores the emotional complexities of artificial relationships created through an app, centered on the concept of renting a father figure for events. The discussion highlights themes of loneliness and personal fulfillment, as one character navigates her own familial issues while interacting with a rented father in Japan.
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