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Ilana Masad

'The Skin and Its Girl' ponders truths, half-truths, and lies passed down in families

(Ballantine Books)

There is a particular magic to stories about storytelling, especially when they use the metafictional element to probe into the very nature of reality and how we live inside of it.

Sarah Cypher's debut novel The Skin and Its Girl is one of these, specifically dealing in the truths, half-truths, lies, and folktales passed down through family. It begins with a fitting request: "Imagine this."

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