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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Carter Sherman

Once dismissed as frivolous, ‘romancelandia’ is getting political

A collage of writing and romantic images.

Jody Lee had long toyed with getting into politics. She spent years working at the US state department before moving to Mercer Island, a suburb of Seattle, with her family. The 57-year-old threw herself into volunteering; sometimes, people asked whether she wanted to run for the local school board. But Lee never felt ready to make the leap.

Until she started reading romance.

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