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1 author picked Yara as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This author blows me away with her unflinching approach to sex and sexuality.
This exposes complex and rarely approached relationships in a fresh and startling way. The issue of pain transference isn’t something often dealt with in fiction.
I think I love this book because it’s unsettling and honest. I like a book that upends me and makes me consider life in ways I hadn’t before.
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On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
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