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Home is where the art is: the rise of the epic domestic novel

· By Lisa Owens
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Writing about home life doesn’t have to be humdrum argues the author of Natural Disaster – just look at world-spanning, taboo-shattering works such as Ducks, Newburyport and All Fours

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