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{"id":6742901129319,"title":"Remarkably Bright Creatures","handle":"copy-of-deaf-utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller * A Read With Jenna \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a Netflix Film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRemarkably Bright Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . 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