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The Best Life Book Club
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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"[With] a set of characters so vivid we want to be their best friends, and a story that keeps us turning the pages, The Best Life Book Club is your book club book of the year. . . . A novel of pure delight!"—Patti Callahan Henry, NYT Bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea
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