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Absolution

by Alice McDermott

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Book of the Day, NPR · January 12, 2024

Two historical fiction novels focus on women's lives during wars in Southeast Asia

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A novel depicting two American wives looking back on the friendship they developed while living in Saigon as their husbands' 'helpmeets' during the Vietnam War.

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