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An undiscovered library: My wife’s books

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An undiscovered library: My wife’s books
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-undiscovered-library-my-wifes-books/2020/07/09/78022e64-a67e-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html
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The Washington Post
Issued Date
July 10, 2020
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Lee Min Jin

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  • Lee Min Jin
  • Birth : 1968 ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Min Jin
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이민진
  • ISNI : 0000000047748236
  • Works : 41
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It was early April, and I needed a good book to read. Libraries and bookstores had gone dark. So I did the unthinkable: I turned to my own bookshelves. My bookshelves always get me down. Yes, they contain old favorites, but interspersed among them are books I got as gifts but whose spines I’ve never cracked (and which now make me feel ungrateful), well-reviewed novels that I gave up on and classics that I am absolutely sure I will read someday, but not now. My failures, alphabetized.

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