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In praise of dog-eared pages: the joy, memories and gentle ghosts to be found in beloved books

‘I’ve been rereading lots of books lately. I saw She Said and wanted to revisit Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s original book. I decided to reread Fleishman is in Trouble before watching the series. I hadn’t picked up How To Do Nothing since it came out, and felt like I needed a refresher.

By then, the joy of rereading had set in, and I went scouring my bookshelves for more.

There have been worlds I

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