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Sarvat Hasin's new novel is about a magnetic friendship between 'Strange Girls'

In Sarvat Hasin’s novel Strange Girls, a Pakistani woman and an American woman meet at a London-based university in the 2010s. There, they quickly become close, bonding over a shared dissatisfaction with the definition of femininity available to them. In today’s episode, Hasin jo ...  Show more

Two new murder mysteries: 'Ruby Falls' and 'The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives'

Two new murder mystery novels let readers into hidden worlds: one underground and the other among the wives of serial killers. First, Ruby Falls begins in 1928 in Chattanooga, Tennessee when a man discovers a mysterious underground cavern and waterfall. In today’s episode, NPR’s ...  Show more

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