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Musical Chairs
Amy Poeppel
★★★★· Published 2020· 416 pages· read 2020
A cellist's carefully planned summer in Connecticut falls apart when her breakup and her two grown kids all land on her doorstep at once. Funny, warm, and full of family chaos.
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