If this year was a book ...

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One summer, when my niece was a little girl, my family was gathered at the beach for a week, stretched out on our towels or relaxing in our sand chairs and reading books.

One by one we’d flip to the final page of the novel in our hands and sigh, as if saying goodbye to an old friend.

There should be a special prize or ceremony for finishing a book,” my ni…