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Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

This deeply affecting pandemic-set novel is full of grief and art and trauma. Hall is a brilliant writer who viscerally captures the intensity of the isolation and fear of the early part of a sweeping global health crisis, with all its unknowns. Her characters are complex, sympathetic, and flawed, and their stories extend far beyond the immediate circumstances of the pandemic. An excellent, compelling work.

Kelly, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison