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    Running her race

    May 14, 2023 2 minutes

    EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL AND EVERYTHING HURTS, by Josie Shapiro (A&U, $36.99, out May 16).

    ickey Bloom is a talented, driven character awash with an underlying need to please, in the way so many women have been conditioned. She discovers the thrill of running at the tender age of seven when she blitzes the competition at a kids’ free

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