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Book SynopsisOne book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons is a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.*
That was the beauty of books, wasn't it? They took you places you didn't know you needed to go...
Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice's novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.
Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the
