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Novelist and book lover Tupelo Hassman finds kindred spirits among her future in-laws

I’m getting married this year, and last week I met two of my soon-to-be in-laws, Great Aunt and Uncle Atwell. I was told that the Atwells are “true readers,” and, in a whisper as we walked to their front door, “wait until you see the house.” It ended up taking me some time to piece together the relationship between these two things.

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