Made for Love (novel)

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Made for Love
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First edition
Author Alissa Nutting
Publisher Ecco Press
Publication date
2017
ISBN 978-0-06-228055-8

Made for Love is a 2017 novel by American writer Alissa Nutting.

Contents

Reception

The book received mostly positive reviews. [1]

Annalisa Quin, writing for NPR, gave the novel a mixed review, saying that the book's "....ideas are never more interesting than in their first iterations." [2]

HBO Series

An HBO Max series based on the book premiered on April 1, 2021.

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References

  1. "Made for Love". LitHub. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. Quinn, Annalisa (2 May 2022). "After A Wild Start, 'Made For Love' Stumbles". NPR. Retrieved 8 July 2020.