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In 1903 Oxford, Lilian “Lily” Delaney runs a bookbinding shop and bookstore with her business partner and mentor, John Caxton. At home, her boyfriend, …
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Book of the Week September 10, 2026 It’s January 3, 1986. Two and a half hours west of Minnesota’s Twin Cities sits the “back-of-beyond …