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The Booktender

About the Substack

Bringing you the best of a book club, on your own time. Monthly themed reading menus and book conversations from the Executive Director, Tucson Festival of Books๐ŸŒต. All views my own.

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About Abra McAndrew

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."--Lee to Abra, in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Executive Director, Tucson Festival of Books. Writer at The Booktender, a newsletter about literature. All views my own.

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