Author | Alissa Nutting |
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Publisher | Ecco Press |
Publication date | 2017 |
ISBN | 978-0-06-228055-8 |
Made for Love is a 2017 novel by American writer Alissa Nutting.
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]
An HBO Max series based on the book premiered on April 1, 2021.
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